Thomas A Becket Infant School

Community school·Infant school Worthing, West Sussex·BN13 1JB

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Thomas A Becket Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

134 first choices, 138 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

278

any preference, for 138 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12

00.511.5

1 per place

1.1220220.9620231.1520241.0920250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Thomas A Becket Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 502
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

13.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,044

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Thomas A Becket Junior School Worthing · 0.3 mi 53.5 Durrington Junior School Worthing · 0.7 mi 51.3 English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing Worthing · 0.8 mi 30.6 Broadwater CofE Primary School Worthing · 0.8 mi 61.7 Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing Worthing · 0.8 mi 33.8 Orchards Junior School Worthing · 0.9 mi 42.0 Heene CofE Primary School Worthing · 1.1 mi 28.0 Hawthorns Primary School Worthing · 1.1 mi 43.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Thomas A Becket Infant School

Thomas A Becket Infant School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 502 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school.

Thomas A Becket Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 134 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Thomas A Becket Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.