North Lancing Primary School

About North Lancing Primary School

North Lancing Primary School’s headline metrics sit noticeably below the West Sussex local authority average for primary schools, which is 56 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. At this school, that figure is 42 per cent, a gap of 14 percentage points. In the Adur district, where it ranks 10th out of 11 primary schools, the school falls into the bottom 50 nationally for this key stage 2 measure. That said, the picture is not uniformly weak: 73 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in writing, well above the school’s own maths and reading rates, and 20 per cent achieved a higher standard in reading. The school’s overall Ofsted rating remains Good, a grade it has held across both its most recent inspections, including the graded inspection in May 2024.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 key stage 2 results, the average maths score was 99 and the average reading score was 101, both close to the national baseline of 100. However, the proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in maths was just 2 per cent, and no pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects combined. In reading, 53 per cent reached the expected standard, matching the maths figure, while writing again outperformed at 73 per cent. The school’s Ofsted breakdown from the 2024 inspection shows a consistent Good rating across all five graded areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Compared with its previous inspection in 2014, the overall effectiveness has remained stable at Good, with no grade falling below that level.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 167 applications for 59 places, with 69 first-preference applications and a ratio of 2.83 applicants per place. Facilities include a sports hall, playing fields, art studios, a forest school and a chapel, and the school offers a broad range of sports from football and netball to swimming and dance. Clubs include chess, coding and book club. SEND provision is comprehensive, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families considering alternatives, the nearest Outstanding-rated primary school is Seaside Primary School, 1.6 km away. North Lancing Primary School may suit families who value its strong writing outcomes and broad extracurricular offer, but who are aware that its core academic results lag behind the local average.

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