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Fernhurst Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 67% 67% 2023/24[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
67% 2023/24[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
22% 2023/24[2]
Reading, average scaled score
103 2023/24[2]
Maths, average scaled score
101 2023/24[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2022/23 44%[4] 22%[4] 106[4] 103[4]
2018/19 45%[5] 3%[5] 105[5] 102[5]
2017/18 63%[6] 10%[6] 107[6] 102[6]
2016/17 73%[7] 12%[7] 109[7] 107[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
24 Jun 2025[8]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[8]
Report published
21 Jul 2025[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Feb 2023[9] S5 Inspection[9] Requires improvement[9]
12 Jul 2017[10] S5 Inspection[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
27 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
12 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
16 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 20[11] 12[11] 13[11] 1.5[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2024 33[11] 9[11] 13[11] 2.5[11] 0.7[11]
Entry Sept 2023 43[11] 29[11] 30[11] 1.4[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2022 38[11] 18[11] 20[11] 1.9[11] 0.9[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Trust
UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER (MULTI) ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
https://fernhurstprimary.chimat.uk/[1]
District
Chichester[12]
Postcode
GU27 3EA[1]
URN
141266[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
103 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
1.9% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
13.6% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.6% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
89.3%[14]
Mixed
7.4%[14]
Asian
0.8%[14]
Black
1.7%[14]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[14]
Unclassified
0%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.