North Lancing Primary SchoolSompting Village Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

North Lancing Primary School and Sompting Village Primary School are primary schools in Lancing.

  • North Lancing Primary School scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Sompting Village Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). Sompting Village Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • North Lancing Primary School was judged Good and Sompting Village Primary School 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 50.0% for North Lancing Primary School and 54.0% for Sompting Village Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at North Lancing Primary School (38.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Sompting Village Primary School (44.0% in 2022-23, 54.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

North Lancing Primary School versus Sompting Village Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LancingNorth Lancing Primary SchoolLancingSompting Village Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD40/100C61/100Stronger figure
Local ranking167th of 215 in West Sussex 64th of 215 in West Sussex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll407 362
Capacity420 420
LocationLancing, BN15 0PT Lancing, BN15 0BU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard50.0% 54.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% Stronger figure1.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census400 388
Free school meals (ever 6)4.8% 26.8%
English as an additional language5.5% 3.6%
SEN support24.5% 27.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 6.2%
Attendance
Overall absence6.3% 6.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.3% Stronger figure18.0% 15.8%

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.

North Lancing Primary School

Sompting Village Primary School

Full profiles: North Lancing Primary School · Sompting Village Primary School