Homefield Primary School and SSC

Community school·Primary school Worthing, West Sussex·BN11 2AA
Composite score
36.8
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#11,938
National rank
#1781
In South East
#157
In West Sussex
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 47 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 47 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20231.1220240.9520250.832026

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

Every child who put Homefield Primary School and SSC 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
717
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
26.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,258
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Homefield Primary School and SSC at a glance

Located in Worthing, West Sussex, Homefield Primary School and SSC is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 717 pupils aged 4 to 11. 53% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Homefield Primary School and SSC their first choice was offered one of its 47 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. Homefield Primary School and SSC 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.

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