St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary in Worthing | Ofsted & DfE

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

12%

RWM higher · 2024/25

230

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

12%

RWM higher · 2024/25

230

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

12%

RWM higher · 2024/25

230

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 16/10/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWest Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Mary's Catholic Primary School · Primary · West Sussex

Part ofBOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

54%

-7pp

61%49%37%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 54%

RWM higher standard

12%

+7pp

12%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 12%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

77%

Reading higher standard

31%

Writing expected standard

88%

Writing higher standard

15%

Maths expected standard

62%

Maths higher standard

12%

Science expected standard

92%

SPAG expected standard

65%

SPAG higher standard

12%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

101.0

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

230

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

34%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

20%

Contact

Address

Cobden Road, Worthing, BN11 4BD

Local authority

West Sussex

Website

www.stmarysworthing.org.uk

Telephone

01903234115

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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	54%	12%	77%	31%	88%	15%	62%	12%	92%	65%	105.0	101.0	101.0	—	—	—	24%	230
2023/24	61%	5%	74%	13%	79%	21%	68%	11%	82%	53%	103.0	101.0	100.0	—	—	—	23%	240
2022/23	37%	3%	43%	11%	69%	14%	43%	11%	83%	37%	99.0	98.0	98.0	-0.40	+5.20	-0.30	19%	246
2018/19	54%	0%	69%	19%	69%	0%	73%	15%	62%	81%	102.0	103.0	104.0	+1.80	-0.80	+0.90	19%	251
2017/18	55%	8%	63%	18%	78%	10%	68%	10%	70%	78%	103.0	102.0	106.0	+0.30	+1.30	+0.10	—	288
2016/17	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	230	20.9	24%	34%	19%	6%	20%
2023/24	240	19.7	23%	40%	22%	7%	24%
2022/23	246	17.6	19%	36%	23%	7%	24%
2021/22	237	20.4	26%	36%	22%	5%	16%
2020/21	245	22.7	20%	36%	19%	—	—
2018/19	251	17.6	19%	39%	18%	5%	14%
2017/18	—	22.1	—	—	—	6%	17%
2016/17	—	—	—	—	—	5%	19%