Primary school in Chichester, West Sussex
St Richard's Catholic Primary School
Cawley Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1XB
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 February 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 316
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Chichester 010D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 39%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 11%
- Households owning their home
- 57%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 38%
- Adults economically inactive
- 56%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Sydney Bridges
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward
- Chichester Central
- Constituency
- Chichester
- URN
- 151782
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsham Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 69% | 0.5 mi |
| St. Joseph's CofE Junior SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 36% | 0.5 mi |
| Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 18% | 0.6 mi |
| St. Joseph's Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.6 mi |
| Portfield Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 43% | 0.8 mi |
| Parklands Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 65% | 0.8 mi |
| Jessie Younghusband Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 75% | 1.4 mi |
| North Mundham Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 57% | 1.5 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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