Whytemead Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Worthing, BN14 8LH
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Downsbrook Primary School
Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8GD
Local ranking13th of 218 primary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 70.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 362
- Boys
- 177 (49%)
- Girls
- 185 (51%)
- Capacity
- 630 (57% full)
- SEND
- 14.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.1%
- EAL
- 11.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 11.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,890/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 3.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.3%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
83.3%
White British
5.0%
White Other
2.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145925
- UKPRN
- 10067308
- Establishment No.
- 2054
- Trust
- SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST
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