Welcome to Stedham
A rural primary school two miles from Midhurst
Small classes
Wide horizons
Our rural primary school is just two miles from the centre of Midhurst. Stedham has three small classes with wraparound clubs 8am to 5pm, and direct access to woodland and common land keeps outdoor play at the heart of learning.
From our Headteacher
Our size is one of our greatest strengths.
Read the full welcomeAs a small village school at the heart of our community, we are incredibly proud of the nurturing, family atmosphere that makes Stedham such a special place. We believe that happy, confident children are successful learners.
Our values
The six Cs of Stedham
Six values run through everything we do. Children learn what each one looks like in practice, and we celebrate them every day.
Challenge
- A desire to learn and improve
- Thinking and acting for yourself
- Making your own choices
Commitment
- Enthusiasm
- Wanting to achieve and get better
- Being reflective
- Encouraging others
- Endurance
Creativity
- Being inventive and imaginative
- Resourceful and original
- Thinking around a problem
Courtesy
- Polite
- Manners
- Respect
- Care
Consideration
- Behaving sensibly
- Being accountable and reliable
- Honest to yourself and others
- Setting a good example
Collaboration
- Working together
- Teamwork
- Supportive criticism
- Helping one another
- Achieving goals together
The school day
From Breakfast Club to home time
- Breakfast Club
- 8.00–8.45am
- School starts
- 9am (classes open from 8.45am)
- Morning break
- 10.30–10.45am
- Lunchtime
- 12–1pm
- School ends
- 3.30pm
- Afternoon Club
- 3.30–5pm
32.5 hours in a typical week. The gate is locked at 9.00am. If you arrive later, please use the buzzer.
Term dates and the school dayWhy families choose Stedham
Our 2026 Year 6 leavers
5 of 17
won a place in the Grammar Stream at Midhurst Rother College: nearly 1 in 3, against around 1 in 8 across the whole Year 7 intake of around 240.
Small school. Big achievement.
Read the storyStedham29%
MRC intake overall13%
More than twice the overall rate. Figures from the school's summer 2026 announcement.
100%
of parents in our latest survey said their child is happy, safe and well looked after.
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small morning classes: Rabbits, Hedgehogs and Foxes, named after the animals in the woods around us.
8am–5pm
Breakfast Club and Afternoon Club, run by our own Stedham team.
1879
At the heart of the village for over 140 years, with a superb sports ground five minutes' walk away.
Families
What families say
Parents know Stedham best. Here is what they tell us.
Raffi joined Stedham in Reception and has just finished his first year. If you ask him, he gives the school ten out of ten, and we would say the same. The setting backs onto the woods, which he loves. What struck us most was watching the older children: how confident they are, and how easily they moved on to their next school. Mr Tidey and Mr Noble bring exceptional energy to everything they do. The ratio of adults to children is better than you would get in a private school. There are roughly fourteen in Raffi's class with three adults, the teacher plus assistants, so fewer than one adult to every five children. We could not have hoped for a better start.
Stedham Primary has been the ideal setting for our daughter to learn in. The SEND provision has been fantastic and the fact that the school feels like a large family means that everyone she interacts with knows her well and how to support her. The smaller and more intimate learning environment has allowed her to thrive without us ever feeling as though she needed to be anything different than who she is. We are so grateful to have this incredible school on our doorstep.
Our daughters have excelled at Stedham Primary over many years. Both started in reception class, and have been through all year groups. Our eldest daughter is now in the grammar stream at MRC. Our youngest daughter is in her final year at Stedham as a year 6 in Foxes class. The children feel part of a small and caring community, all age groups mix, the village and woodland location allows for adventure, and education is tailored around each child. Our daughters are confident, independent, well educated, sporty, musical, happy and ready for the wider world. The consistency and the sense of belonging that Stedham Primary has given them is priceless. If you embrace this little school, it will embrace your child, you and your wider family. Thank you Stedham.
Coming up
Full calendarOpen day
· All day
Event
Autumn disco (autumn colours, not Halloween)
· All day
Event
PTA AGM (provisional — to coincide with governors' meeting)
· All day
Event
Open day
· All day
Event
Pyjama day + bottles for tombola + cake day
· All day
Event
Latest news
All newsWelcome back for the 2026/27 school year
Term dates, INSET days and the class structure for 2026/27 are now on the website.
Whole School Curriculum Map 2026–2027 coming soon
Our Whole School Curriculum Map for 2026–2027 will be uploaded to the website very soon.
Year 6 Grammar Stream success: 5 out of 17
Five of our seventeen Year 6 leavers received a place in the Grammar Stream at Midhurst Rother College. That is nearly 1 in 3 of our pupils, against around 1 in 8 across the whole Year 7 intake.
Recognised for
- Ofsted report, March 2024
Healthy Schools
The Literary Curriculum
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Find us
Stedham Primary SchoolSchool Lane, Stedham
Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0NY
We are two miles from Midhurst. Visitors should report to the school office. Please park with consideration for our neighbours in School Lane.
