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Hawthorns Primary School

Worthing, BN13 3EZ · West Sussex · primary school

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Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2021 Inspected 4 years ago Mixed Primary
2.7/10 Below average

166th of 193 primary schools in West Sussex we can score, 226 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 4.6/10 against 2,183 of them, against 3.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 67.0 · 57 42% 2.37
Ofsted 3 32% 0.10
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 0.0 · 10 26% 0.27

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 67.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 0.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in 2021-10. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (4.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 3.9 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 183 pupils in a capacity of 210 places, leaving 27 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school plan to raise the percentage of pupils reaching the higher standard? What specific actions have been taken since the 2021 Ofsted inspection to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How does the school support pupils with similar backgrounds to ensure they continue to outperform the national median?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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