Vale School, Worthing
Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
579 pupils · 92% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 March 2022, published 5 May 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 69% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.99 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 75 | 74 | 140 | 75 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 90 | 159 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 80 | 64 | 159 | 80 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 103 | 189 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 86 | 183 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 78 | 74 | 184 | 78 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 82 | 197 | 89 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 87 | 207 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Durrington Infant School 1.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Durrington Junior School 1.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 2.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Thomas A Becket Junior School 2.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Thomas A Becket Infant School 2.5 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Hawthorns Primary School 2.6 km · Requires improvement (2021) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.