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Parklands Community Primary School

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Community school in Chichester, PO19 3AG, taking ages 4 to 11, 426 on roll.

No current grade Ofsted
1.6581952850236743 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
98% Full
65.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Parklands Community Primary School lived 1.6581952850236743 miles away, according to West Sussex. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 1.6581952850236743 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Parklands Community Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived. 1.6581952850236743 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 426 pupils in 436 places (98% full)
Local authorityWest Sussex

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Meeting the expected standard 65.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 65.0%
2023/24 53.0%
2022/23 58.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Parklands Community Primary School

Girls and boys51.9% girls, 48.1% boys
English as an additional language11.7% of pupils
Free school meals21.8% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Parklands Community Primary School

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.6581952850236743 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is PO19 at £270,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
PO19 Chichester 0.5 mi £270,000 36 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Parklands Community Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around PO19: ages, selection, and how full each one is →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Parklands Community Primary School?

Parklands Community Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.6581952850236743 miles away, per West Sussex.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Parklands Community Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.6581952850236743 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 98% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Parklands Community Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by West Sussex. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.