# St Mary's Catholic Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Worthing, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 253 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144401. [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 253
- Council: Worthing
- URN: 144401

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, May 2025
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 16 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 8 May 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 54% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in West Sussex and 62% in England.
12% 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 | 54% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 12% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Heene CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heene-cofe-primary-school-e149713): 110 m. Primary. Inadequate (overall), April 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Our Lady of Sion School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-sion-school-e126115): 240 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Brighton Forward Ltd](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-forward-ltd-e151450): 410 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Educate U](https://openindex.co.uk/school/educate-u-e147546): 570 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Worthing High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/worthing-high-school-e139109): 950 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 45.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Bohunt School Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bohunt-school-worthing-e140424): 1.1 km. Secondary. School remains Good, October 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144401)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144401)

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