Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 19 September 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry17 applications · 8 places offered · 6 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2025 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2024 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2023 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2022 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2021 7.5; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2019 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 6.0; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2017 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 5.5; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 5.4; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- West Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School (URN 125977), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Sep 2019 * | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 56% · Writing 22% · Maths 22% → all three 11% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- West Sussex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 11% | 0% | 102 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 17% | 0% | 96 | 90 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Clapham and Patching CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 11%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · West SussexGood20223.3applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · West SussexRemains Good20222.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · West SussexRequires improvement20212.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · West Sussex20263.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · West SussexGood202270%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · West Sussex20261.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · West Sussex20262.4applications per place
- 3.5 km · West SussexGood20221.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148170 · 938/3007
- Trust
- South Downs Education Trust
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 56 pupils · 52 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2020
- Replaced
- Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School (URN 125977)
- Address
- The Street, Clapham, Worthing, BN13 3UU
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Arun
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources