Welcome to Stedham
A village primary school five minutes from Midhurst
Small classes.
Wide horizons.
A village primary school five minutes from Midhurst. Three small classes, care from 8am to 5pm, and woods and common land on the doorstep.
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 Early Morning Club to home time
- Early Morning 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
- After School 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
100%
of parents in our latest survey said their child is happy, safe and well looked after.
3
small morning classes: Rabbits, Hedgehogs and Foxes, named after the animals in the woods around us.
8am–5pm
Breakfast Club and After School 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.
Excellent school, our daughter has thrived here.
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A warm, friendly school where every child is known by name.
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Coming up
Full calendarPTA school tidy & planting day
· All day
Event
First Friday cake day
· All day
Event
Reception 2027 applications open
· All day
Event
Autumn disco (autumn colours, not Halloween)
· All day
Event
PTA AGM (provisional — to coincide with governors' meeting)
· 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.
Recognised for
- Ofsted report, March 2024
Healthy Schools
The Literary Curriculum
ClassDojo school
Find us
Stedham Primary SchoolSchool Lane, Stedham
Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0NY
We are five minutes' drive from Midhurst. Visitors should report to the school office. Please park with consideration for our neighbours in School Lane.
