Seaside Primary School
Freshbrook Road, Lancing, BN15 8DL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NEW HORIZONS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Murley
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 620
- URN
- 143387
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01903876300
About this school
Seaside Primary School is a primary academy in Lancing. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 620 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 85 | 89 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 71% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 6% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 80% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 84% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 81% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Seaside Primary School 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 | 61% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 615 |
| 2023/24 | 615 |
| 2024/25 | 620 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Seaside Primary School compares
Seaside Primary School ranked 26th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 4.5% | 10.5% | 620 | — |
| The Globe Primary Academy | 36% | 6.6% | 23.5% | 379 | 0.8 miles |
| North Lancing Primary School | 50% | 6.3% | 4.8% | 407 | 1.0 miles |
| Sompting Village Primary School | 54% | 6.2% | 26.8% | 362 | 1.4 miles |
| Swiss Gardens Primary School | 43% | 5.6% | 14% | 343 | 1.6 miles |
| Buckingham Park Primary School | 62% | 4.3% | 14.6% | 442 | 2.0 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)
- 10.48%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.52%
- Persistent absence
- 8.01%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Globe Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Lancing
-
North Lancing Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Lancing
-
Sompting Village Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Lancing
-
Swiss Gardens Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Shoreham-by-Sea
-
Buckingham Park Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Shoreham-by-Sea
Other schools in Lancing
- North Lancing Primary School Primary
- Sompting Village Primary School Primary
- The Globe Primary Academy Primary
- Boundstone Nursery School Nursery
- Springboard Education Special schools
- Lancing College Independent schools
- Sompting Abbotts School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Seaside Primary School teach?
- Seaside Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Lancing.
- Who is the headteacher of Seaside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Seaside Primary School is Mr Lee Murley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Seaside Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Seaside Primary School, 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 Seaside Primary School?
- Seaside Primary School has 620 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Seaside Primary School full?
- Seaside Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 620 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Seaside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Seaside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Seaside Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Seaside Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Seaside Primary School?
- Seaside Primary School is part of NEW HORIZONS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Seaside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Seaside Primary School rank locally?
- Seaside Primary School ranked 26th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Seaside Primary School's absence rate?
- Seaside Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Seaside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Seaside 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 2 July 2026.