Thomas A Becket Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Worthing, West Sussex
Thomas A Becket Infant School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Pelham Road, Worthing, BN13 1JB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy and successful school with an exceptionally strong sense of community.”
- “Parents and carers describe how their children ‘thrive’ and are ‘nurtured’ as a result of the strong relationships that exist within and beyond the school gates.”
- “Despite being a large infant school, this is still a tight knit community in which pupils are known well.”
To improve
- “However, this work is in its early stages.”
- “While the vocabulary has been carefully mapped out, the school has not yet embedded its systematic approach to its teaching of this vocabulary.”
- “This limits pupils’ ability to use more complex, subject specific vocabulary accurately or apply it effectively in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 134 first-preference applications, 138 offers in total, 134 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2018 to 2026, as West Sussex published it, drawn on the map
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- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Thomas A Becket Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Durrington Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Durrington Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadwater CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchards Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchards Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good