Whytemead Primary School

Whytemead Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in most areas during its first inspection under section 5. The school offers a happy environment where students excel in their learning, particularly in writing and mathematics. Strong relationships among students and staff foster a supportive community that actively encourages leadership and responsibility among pupils. The school's curriculum is ambitious, ensuring high expectations for students, especially those disadvantaged, and effective support is in place for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and staff
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Ambitious curriculum promoting high achievement
• Excellent support for early reading and vocabulary development
• Effective interventions for pupils who fall behind
• Active engagement of pupils in leadership roles
• High attendance rates and effective work with parents

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils lack prior knowledge for certain subjects
• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding before independent work

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 Whytemead Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Whytemead 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 Whytemead Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Whytemead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 2024–25 Whytemead Primary School received £6,270 and spent £6,488 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £215,000 (£948 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Schoolsworks Academy Trust, income was £6,150 and spending £6,134 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Worthing · West Sussex local authority: places and applications

Whytemead Primary School is part of Schoolsworks Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Downsbrook Primary School Worthing
• Hawthorns Primary School Worthing
• East Preston Junior School Littlehampton
• Rustington Community Primary School Littlehampton
• Summerlea Community Primary School Littlehampton
• River Beach Primary School Littlehampton
• Edward Bryant School Bognor Regis
• Rose Green Junior School Bognor Regis
• Medmerry Primary School Chichester
• Westbourne Primary School Emsworth

What is Whytemead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Whytemead Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Whytemead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Whytemead Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Whytemead Primary School have?

Whytemead Primary School has 221 pupils on roll.

What age range does Whytemead Primary School cover?

Whytemead Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Whytemead Primary School?

Whytemead Primary School is at Dominion Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8LH.