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Heene CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 382 pupils Worthing
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Heene CofE Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Worthing for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 382 pupils on roll. In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Norfolk Street
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 4BB
Phone 01903201386
Reference Number 149713

General Makeup

Number of pupils 382
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.4%
Girls: 46.6%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 39.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 34 24 58
2 29 28 57
3 35 24 59
4 23 26 49
5 31 25 56
6 32 26 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 47.6%
Indian 12.8%
African 11.8%
White, Other 10.2%
Pakistani 3.1%
Asian, Other 2.6%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
White & Asian 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
Chinese 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 43%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 102

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 27 6
Third Preference 12 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Heene CofE Primary School had 393 pupils for 420 places. 27 places (6.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “WORTHING Primary” planning area

West Sussex counted 610 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 573 in 2029–30, down 6%.

20242025
Places 420420
Pupils 394393
Unfilled 6.2%6.4%

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 Heene CofE Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 5.1%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 2.8%3.6%

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, 1.8% of pupils at Heene CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.52.8
Permanent exclusions 01

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 Heene CofE Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.012.211.5
Teachers who left state teaching 15.6%15.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 73.9%52.2%–
Sick days per teacher 8.12.2–

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, 12.0% of pupils at Heene CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 21 3
Social, emotional and mental health 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 4
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Hearing impairment 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Heene CofE Primary School received £6,105 and spent £5,906 for each of its 394 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £19,000 (-£49 per pupil).

Across all 28 schools of Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust, income was £7,049 and spending £7,093 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20242025
Revenue reserve -£69,000-£19,000
per pupil -£185-£49
In-year balance -£66,000£79,000
per pupil -£175£200

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.

Name Distance
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Cobden Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 4BD
0.07 miles
Homefield Primary School and SSC
53 Chesswood Road, West Sussex, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2AA
0.8 miles
Springfield Infant School and Nursery
Sackville Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8BQ
0.81 miles
Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing
Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8HU
0.84 miles
Broadwater CofE Primary School
Rectory Gardens, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 7TQ
0.89 miles
Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing
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0.95 miles
Thomas A Becket Junior School
Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 7PR
0.96 miles
Whytemead Primary School
Dominion Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8LH
0.99 miles
Thomas A Becket Infant School
Pelham Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1JB
1.03 miles
Downsbrook Primary School
Dominion Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8GD
1.09 miles
Bramber Primary School
Bramber Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8QB
1.41 miles
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing
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1.58 miles
West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School
Marlborough Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 4HD
1.59 miles
Orchards Infant School
Nelson Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6EN
1.62 miles
Orchards Junior School
Nelson Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6EN
1.64 miles
Palatine Primary School
Palatine Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6JP
1.65 miles
Durrington Junior School
Salvington Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 2JD
1.71 miles
Durrington Infant School
Salvington Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 2JD
1.72 miles
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Mulberry Lane, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 4RN
1.81 miles
Sompting Village Primary School
White Styles Road, Sompting, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 0BU
1.94 miles
Name Distance
Our Lady of Sion School
Our Lady of Sion School, West Sussex, BN11 4BL
0.22 miles
Brighton Forward Ltd
28a Teville Road, Worthing, BN11 1UG
0.25 miles
Educate U
Unit 2, 58c Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1BG
0.4 miles
Worthing High School
South Farm Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 7AR
0.53 miles
Bohunt School Worthing
65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH
0.67 miles
St Andrew's CofE High School
Sackville Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8BG
0.71 miles
Seadown School
Seadown House, 1a Farncombe Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2BE
0.85 miles
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing
Selborne Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2JX
1.07 miles
Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre
52 - 54 Windsor Road, Worthing, West Sussex, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2LY
1.08 miles
Durrington High School
The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1JX
1.44 miles
Courtlands Independent Special School
37 Parklands Avenue, Goring By Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 4NG
1.46 miles
Oak Grove College
The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1JX
1.54 miles
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 5AF
2.35 miles
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, West Sussex, BN15 9QZ
2.57 miles
Springboard Education
55 South Street, Lancing, West Sussex, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8AN
2.58 miles
Lancing College
3.86 miles
The Angmering School
Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN16 4HH
4.56 miles

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How many pupils does Heene CofE Primary School have?

Heene CofE Primary School has 382 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heene CofE Primary School cover?

Heene CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heene CofE Primary School?

Heene CofE Primary School is at Norfolk Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 4BB.

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