Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) 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 🔒
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) 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
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 4 earlier years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- In 2024/25, that was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex that have results.
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
- Mulberry Lane, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4RN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and the majority attend regularly.”
- “Pupils demonstrate the school’s values of faith, love and respect in all they do.”
- “They engage politely with staff and each other.”
To improve
- “At times, there is some variation in the approaches used by staff to support pupils who need the most help learning to read.”
- “Checks on whether pupils know the sounds they need to learn are not always precise.”
- “This means that some pupils are not catching up as quickly as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 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) | 73% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 45 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 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Orchards Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchards Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ferring C of E Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawthorns Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Laurels Primary School, Worthing 1.1 mi Good Last distance published