Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis

Bartons Primary School has shown notable improvement since its last inspection when it was rated as requiring improvement. The school is now rated as good across all areas, including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The pupils enjoy a supportive and safe learning environment where they are encouraged to be independent and respectful. The leadership team has worked hard to ensure that lessons are engaging and fun, contributing to a positive culture where students thrive academically and socially.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and a desire to learn.
• High expectations from staff foster a strong work ethic among students.
• Recent improvements in phonics teaching lead to increased enthusiasm for reading.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Pupils experience engaging topics and a well-planned mathematics curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning is inconsistent in some subjects, leading to gaps in knowledge retention.
• Assessment practices in foundation subjects are less secure.

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 Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis 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 Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% 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, 11.6% of pupils at Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis received £6,785 and spent £6,696 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £94,000 (£454 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 Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis last inspected by Ofsted?

Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis have?

Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis has 207 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis cover?

Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis?

Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis is at Lethaby Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 5EJ.