St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
St John the Baptist CofE Primary School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 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 place for Reception 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 1 of the 4 earlier years, places ran out and a last distance was published for Reception.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- School Hill, Findon, Worthing, BN14 0TR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 114 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly school.”
- “Pupils benefit from positive and caring relationships with staff.”
- “They feel safe and appreciate the school’s ethos of shared respect.”
To improve
- “Elsewhere in the school, pupils with SEND have their needs identified swiftly and usually learn well, but this is not yet consistent.”
- “However, governors recognise that there is more work needed to strengthen their understanding and skills at holding leaders to account.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 46% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Vale School, Worthing 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Durrington Infant School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Durrington Junior School 2.3 mi Good
- Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawthorns Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Laurels Primary School, Worthing 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas A Becket Junior School 2.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next