Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Worthing · BN12 4HD · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 126045
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Worthing · BN12 4RN
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
421
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, 421 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 9.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chichester.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 126045
Location
- Address
- Mulberry Lane, Goring-by-Sea
- Postcode
- BN12 4RN
- 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
- 421
- Boys / girls
- 209 / 212
- School capacity
- 436
- Capacity fill
- 421 / 436 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 9.7%
- FSM pupils
- 41
- 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
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Brockhurst
- Telephone
- 01903241175
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
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-12-12
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)
- 76%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0