Northchapel Community Primary School
Pipers Lane, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9JA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Deborah Coggin
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 53
- URN
- 125846
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01428707352
About this school
Northchapel Community Primary School is a community primary school in Petworth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 53 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 25% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 75% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 25% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 88% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Northchapel Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 25% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 54 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Northchapel Community Primary School compares
Northchapel Community Primary School ranked 66th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.8% | 14.8% | 53 | — |
| Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School | 50% | 5.3% | 6.5% | 195 | 3.4 miles |
| Fernhurst Primary School | — | 5.5% | 13.6% | 121 | 3.5 miles |
| Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School | 90% | 4% | 2.6% | 202 | 3.9 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 66% | 4.4% | 9.9% | 198 | 3.9 miles |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Aided Primary School | 68% | 4.3% | 9.2% | 396 | 4.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
- 11 July 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report15 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.81%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.78%
- Persistent absence
- 9.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Billingshurst
-
Fernhurst Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Haslemere
-
Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Haslemere
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Godalming
-
St Bartholomew's CofE Aided Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Haslemere
Other schools in Petworth
Common questions
- What year groups does Northchapel Community Primary School teach?
- Northchapel Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Petworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Northchapel Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Northchapel Community Primary School is Ms Deborah Coggin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Northchapel Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Northchapel Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Northchapel Community Primary School?
- Northchapel Community Primary School has 53 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Northchapel Community Primary School full?
- Northchapel Community Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 53 on roll (50%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Northchapel Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Northchapel Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- How have Northchapel Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Northchapel Community Primary School rank locally?
- Northchapel Community Primary School ranked 66th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Northchapel Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Northchapel Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Northchapel Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Northchapel Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.