Durrington Junior SchoolEnglish Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Worthing.

Summary of the comparison

Durrington Junior School and English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing are primary schools in Worthing.

  • Durrington Junior School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). Durrington Junior School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Durrington Junior School was judged Good and English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 70.0% for Durrington Junior School and 47.0% for English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Durrington Junior School (60.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing (52.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Durrington Junior School versus English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WorthingDurrington Junior SchoolWorthingEnglish Martyrs Catholic Primary School, WorthingEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100Stronger figureC56/100
Local ranking26th of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure96th of 218 in West Sussex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll329 180
Capacity360 210
LocationWorthing, BN13 2JD Worthing, BN12 6LA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard70.0% Stronger figure47.0% 62.0%
At higher standard5.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure101.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census329 180
Free school meals (ever 6)25.2% 15.6%
English as an additional language5.8% 7.2%
SEN support23.1% 20.0%
SEN with an EHC plan7.6% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% 3.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.4% 10.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Durrington Junior School

English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing

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