Heene CofE Primary School
Norfolk Street, Worthing, BN11 4BB
This school is closed (it closed in May 2023).
It was replaced by Heene CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Trahern
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 395
- URN
- 126034
- Local authority
- West Sussex
About this school
Heene CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Worthing. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 395 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Heene CofE Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 |
| Writing progress | -2.10 |
| Maths progress | +0.50 |
How Heene CofE Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.3% | 23% | 395 | — |
| Heene CofE Primary School | 43% | 5.2% | 23% | 382 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 54% | 6.4% | 18.7% | 253 | 0.1 miles |
| Homefield Primary School and SSC | 53% | 5.4% | 18.7% | 642 | 0.8 miles |
| Springfield Infant School and Nursery | — | 4.5% | 16.1% | 161 | 0.8 miles |
| Broadwater CofE Primary School | 77% | 4% | 8.2% | 431 | 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23%
- English as an additional language
- 26.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.3%
- Persistent absence
- 21.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heene CofE Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Worthing
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Worthing
-
Homefield Primary School and SSC0.8 miles
Primary · Worthing
-
Springfield Infant School and Nursery0.8 miles
Primary · Worthing
-
Broadwater CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Worthing
Other schools in Worthing
- Bramber Primary School Primary
- Broadwater CofE Primary School Primary
- Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School Primary
- Downsbrook Primary School Primary
- Durrington Infant School Primary
- Durrington Junior School Primary
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing Primary
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing Primary
- Ferring C of E Primary School Primary
- Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Hawthorns Primary School Primary
- Heene CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Heene CofE Primary School teach?
- Heene CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Worthing.
- Has Heene CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Heene CofE Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Heene CofE Primary School?
- Heene CofE Primary School had 395 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- What are Heene CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heene CofE Primary School'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 12 September 2023.