Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis
Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven McGinley
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 440
- Pupils on roll
- 255
- URN
- 125873
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01243822885
About this school
Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis is a community primary school in Bognor Regis. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 255 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 46 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 50% | 30% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 46% | 72% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 61% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 70% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 30% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 290 |
| 2023/24 | 275 |
| 2024/25 | 271 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis compares
Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis ranked 184th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 30% | 6.2% | 37.3% | 255 | — |
| South Bersted CofE Primary School | 78% | 4.6% | 15% | 207 | 0.2 miles |
| Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis | 56% | 4.5% | 19.1% | 207 | 0.6 miles |
| Southway Primary School | 52% | 5.8% | 29.8% | 445 | 0.7 miles |
| Edward Bryant School | 59% | 5.8% | 27.2% | 626 | 0.8 miles |
| Nyewood CofE Infant School | — | — | — | 181 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.27%
- English as an additional language
- 32.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.23%
- Persistent absence
- 18.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
South Bersted CofE Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Bognor Regis
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Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis0.6 miles
Primary · Bognor Regis
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Southway Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bognor Regis
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Edward Bryant School0.8 miles
Primary · Bognor Regis
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Nyewood CofE Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Bognor Regis
Other schools in Bognor Regis
Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis ranks 10th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Bognor Regis.
- Barnham Primary School Primary
- Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis Primary
- Bishop Tufnell CofE Primary School, Felpham Primary
- Downview Primary School Primary
- Edward Bryant School Primary
- Nyewood CofE Infant School Primary
- Nyewood CofE Junior School Primary
- Rose Green Infant School Primary
- Rose Green Junior School Primary
- South Bersted CofE Primary School Primary
- Southway Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis teach?
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bognor Regis.
- Who is the headteacher of Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis?
- The headteacher of Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis is Mr Steven McGinley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis?
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis has 255 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis full?
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis has capacity for 440 pupils and 255 on roll (58%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis a faith school?
- No. Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis has no designated religious character.
- Does Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis as having no nursery classes.
- How have Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 30% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis rank locally?
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis ranked 184th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis's absence rate?
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.