Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Worthing, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.61 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.61 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers for Reception in 2026; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.61 miles away, the 18th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.2 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 22.1.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Elm Grove, Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing, BN11 5LQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “This is a nurturing school where every child is known and nurtured.”
- “Many staff, parents and pupils say that the school is ‘like one big family’.”
- “As one parent reported to inspectors, ‘It’s a happy place where staff really care about each individual.”
To improve
- “In a minority of other subjects, the curriculum is in an earlier stage of development.”
- “As a result, teaching can lack precision and pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “Consequently, gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not always identified quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 52% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Orchards Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchards Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Thomas A Becket Infant School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heene CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas A Becket Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next