North Lancing Primary School

North Lancing Primary School is performing well, demonstrating a good overall effectiveness in multiple areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership, management, and early years provision. The school is characterized by a nurturing environment where students feel safe and valued. High expectations, especially for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensure that all pupils can thrive and develop key skills, particularly in reading and mathematics. Furthermore, the curriculum is broad and enriched with various experiences that enhance learning.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Broad and engaging curriculum with enriched experiences.
• Positive behaviour and adherence to school rules.
• Opportunities for leadership roles for pupils.
• Effective governance and leadership striving for continuous improvement.
• Strong focus on reading and well-matched phonics resources.
• Well-constructed early years setting fostering children's interests and skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Staff training needed to deliver phonics scheme consistently.
• Inconsistent checking of pupil understanding in some subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at North Lancing Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at North Lancing Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 North Lancing Primary School had 23.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.9% of pupils at North Lancing Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 North Lancing Primary School received £6,112 and spent £6,096 for each of its 407 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £149,000 (-£366 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is North Lancing Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for North Lancing Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was North Lancing Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

North Lancing Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does North Lancing Primary School have?

North Lancing Primary School has 407 pupils on roll.

What age range does North Lancing Primary School cover?

North Lancing Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are North Lancing Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is North Lancing Primary School?

North Lancing Primary School is at Mill Road, Adur, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 0PT.