Downsbrook Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Downsbrook Primary School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Downsbrook 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 Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) for Reception in 2 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8GD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “This is a school full of happy pupils and staff.”
- “Pupils feel well cared for and safe at school.”
- “They know that the staff help and support them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue with their work to strengthen pupils' spelling and handwriting even further by embedding recent curriculum enhancements.”
- “Leaders should ensure that the curriculum is delivered with expertise in all subjects, with consideration given to pupils' disciplinary knowledge and subject-specific vocabulary.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2026 (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) | 70% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 40 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.
- Whytemead Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramber Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Homefield Primary School and SSC 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadwater CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sompting Village Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Heene CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published