Homefield Primary School and SSC
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 🔒
Homefield Primary School and SSC 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 13 September 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Homefield Primary School and SSC 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, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 47 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.7 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 21.4.
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
- 53 Chesswood Road, West Sussex, Worthing, BN11 2AA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 642 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “They value the different cultures and backgrounds that make up their community.”
- “Pupils are proud to be part of such a happy and caring school, which they describe as the ‘Chesswood family’.”
To improve
- “However, this has not yet ensured that the teaching of phonics is as precise as it should be for those pupils who are at the earliest stages of learning to read.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2023 (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) | 53% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 39 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.
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whytemead Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Downsbrook Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Heene CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadwater CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramber Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sompting Village Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published