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Whytemead Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Dominion Road, Worthing BN14 8LH · whytemead.w-sussex.sch.uk · 01903 202639
On the mapSearch near BN14 8LH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. West Sussex 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 87% of 255 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- First language not English
- 13.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 16 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across West Sussex it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 125861)
Ofsted
Whytemead Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125861), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125861)
Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125861)
Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125861)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 34
- 15% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied