St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Worthing, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.38 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 May 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic 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 | 0.38 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.38 miles away, the 7th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 28 offers going to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families not offered a place.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2023.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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
- Cobden Road, Worthing, BN11 4BD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 253 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations for pupils to learn well and succeed.”
- “The school’s values of ‘Living, Loving and Learning’ are embedded.”
- “The carefully designed curriculum and personal development offer reflects this ambition.”
To improve
- “However, the provision for pupils who struggle to read is not as precise as it needs to be.”
- “This means that, sometimes, pupils’ gaps in reading knowledge are not identified or addressed swiftly.”
- “Although there are improvements in attendance for individual pupils, too many pupils still miss out on vital learning or arrive late in the mornings.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2025 (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) | 54% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Heene CofE Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Homefield Primary School and SSC 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broadwater CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Whytemead Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas A Becket Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Thomas A Becket Infant School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published