River Beach Primary School
Primary schoolRiver Beach Primary School is a primary school in Arun, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 665 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 58% of pupils at River Beach Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in West Sussex and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- White Meadows Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, July 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- The Littlehampton AcademySecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 36.3 (2025/26, provisional)620 m
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, LittlehamptonPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022, before the school changed630 m
- Lyminster Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Cornfield School, LittlehamptonSpecial. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Arun
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).