Summerlea Community Primary School
Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Summerlea Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Joseph Todd
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 398
- URN
- 131518
- Local authority
- West Sussex
About this school
Summerlea Community Primary School was a community primary school in Littlehampton. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 398 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Summerlea Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1998, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 57% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 76% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 76% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 60% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Summerlea 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 | 42% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 398 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Summerlea Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 48% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.8% | 12.6% | 398 | — |
| Summerlea Community Primary School | — | 5.2% | 12.1% | 377 | 0.0 miles |
| Rustington Community Primary School | 56% | 4.8% | 8.5% | 554 | 0.2 miles |
| Georgian Gardens Community Primary School | 56% | 5.4% | 21% | 405 | 0.9 miles |
| St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton | — | 7.2% | 18.9% | 216 | 1.1 miles |
| Lyminster Primary School | 50% | 6.1% | 25.9% | 205 | 1.3 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.6%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- Overall absence
- 5.8%
- Persistent absence
- 14.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Summerlea Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Littlehampton
-
Rustington Community Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Littlehampton
-
Georgian Gardens Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Littlehampton
-
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton1.1 miles
Primary · Littlehampton
-
Lyminster Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Littlehampton
Other schools in Littlehampton
- East Preston Infant School Primary
- East Preston Junior School Primary
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School Primary
- Lyminster Primary School Primary
- River Beach Primary School Primary
- Rustington Community Primary School Primary
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton Primary
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School Primary
- Summerlea Community Primary School Primary
- White Meadows Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Summerlea Community Primary School teach?
- Summerlea Community Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Littlehampton.
- Has Summerlea Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Summerlea Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Summerlea Community Primary School?
- Summerlea Community Primary School had 398 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Summerlea Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Summerlea Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Summerlea 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 November 2024.