Academy converter · Primary
Worthing · BN12 6EN · West Sussex
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 126051
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing
Voluntary aided school · Worthing · BN12 6LA
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
187
Local authority
West Sussex
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Worthing, West Sussex, 187 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13.4%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 126051
Location
- Address
- Derwent Drive, Goring-by-Sea
- Postcode
- BN12 6LA
- Town
- Worthing
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 187
- Boys / girls
- 102 / 85
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 187 / 210 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- FSM pupils
- 25
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Dr Helen Townsley
- Telephone
- 01903502868
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-10-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 37%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0