Vale School, Worthing
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Worthing, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Vale School, Worthing is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Vale 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 4 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 74 first-choice applications for 75 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 579 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 March 2022
Strengths
- “The school’s ambition of 'valuing all learners' equally is realised in this inclusive and caring community.”
- “Pupils arrive with joyful smiles and greet staff warmly.”
- “Leaders, governors and staff promote the importance of attending school with determination.”
To improve
- “However, they do not consistently apply these skills in subjects, such as religious education, history or geography.”
- “However, in some subjects such as religious education, pupils do not secure as deep an understanding of the curriculum as they do in others.”
- “In some other subjects, the tasks teachers set do not enable pupils to deepen their thinking as consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 74 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.
- Durrington Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Durrington Junior School 1.0 mi Good
- St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas A Becket Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Thomas A Becket Infant School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hawthorns Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Laurels Primary School, Worthing 1.7 mi Good Last distance published