Downsbrook Primary School | School performance

70%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

362

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

70%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

362

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

70%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

362

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/03/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWest Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Downsbrook Primary School · Primary · West Sussex

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

70%

+5pp

70%61%52%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 70%

RWM higher standard

10%

+4pp

10%5%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

83%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

80%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

83%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

97%

SPAG expected standard

63%

SPAG higher standard

20%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

362

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

11%

FSM eligible

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8GD

Local authority

West Sussex

Website

www.downsbrook.org

Telephone

01903230467

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	70%	10%	83%	33%	80%	10%	83%	17%	97%	63%	107.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	14%	362
2023/24	65%	6%	82%	35%	74%	12%	74%	12%	91%	76%	107.0	103.0	103.0	—	—	—	14%	333
2022/23	62%	3%	62%	26%	74%	13%	77%	13%	87%	72%	104.0	103.0	103.0	+1.40	+1.90	+0.90	12%	308
2018/19	52%	0%	62%	22%	65%	0%	63%	13%	83%	60%	102.0	101.0	102.0	-2.80	-4.30	-3.50	12%	297
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	362	21.0	14%	11%	9%	4%	3%
2023/24	333	21.9	14%	8%	13%	4%	8%
2022/23	308	20.4	12%	6%	14%	5%	11%
2021/22	311	20.5	13%	7%	16%	6%	17%
2020/21	275	20.4	17%	8%	18%	—	—
2018/19	297	18.9	12%	8%	12%	4%	6%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	4%	10%