Best Primary Schools in Worthing

We checked all 25 primary schools in Worthing, West Sussex, and list every one: 20 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
25
Ranked
20
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Worthing. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Worthing also has 8 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in West Sussex. West Sussex also has rankings for Crawley, Horsham, Chichester, Haywards Heath, Bognor Regis and all of West Sussex.

Ranked primary schools in Worthing

  1. 1

    Broadwater CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 431 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    10%

  2. 2

    Downsbrook Primary School

    Academy, 398 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Strong standard
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    10%

  3. 3

    Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 421 pupils, inspected May 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    5%

  4. 4

    Thomas A Becket Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 715 pupils, inspected December 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    8%

  5. 5

    Durrington Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 334 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    5%

  6. 6

    Vale School, Worthing

    Local authority maintained, 579 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    7%

  7. 7

    Bramber Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 209 pupils, inspected May 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    7%

  8. 8

    Ferring C of E Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 169 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    4%

  9. 9

    Whytemead Primary School

    Academy, 221 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    5%

  10. 10

    St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 253 pupils, inspected October 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    12%

  11. 11

    West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School

    Local authority maintained, 760 pupils, inspected February 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    1%

  12. 12

    Orchards Junior School

    Academy, 496 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    2%

  13. 13

    Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing

    Local authority maintained, 203 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    0%

  14. 14

    Homefield Primary School and SSC

    Local authority maintained, 642 pupils, inspected December 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    2%

  15. 15

    Hawthorns Primary School

    Academy, 173 pupils, inspected October 2021

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    0%

  16. 16

    St John the Baptist CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 114 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    0%

  17. 17

    The Laurels Primary School, Worthing

    Academy, 193 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    4%

  18. 18

    English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing

    Local authority maintained, 187 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    0%

  19. 19

    Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School

    Academy, 52 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    11%
    Higher standard
    0%

  20. 20

    Heene CofE Primary School

    Academy, 382 pupils, inspected April 2022

    Ofsted: Inadequate
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Worthing without a rank