Seaside Primary School
Freshbrook Road, Lancing, BN15 8DL
620 pupils · 98% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- NEW HORIZONS ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Free school meals
- 11.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 March 2025, published 30 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 75% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 9% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.26 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 113 | 181 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 88 | 169 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 89 | 100 | 183 | 89 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 102 | 180 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 82 | 80 | 162 | 82 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 101 | 204 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 87 | 73 | 181 | 84 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 87 | 82 | 170 | 87 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Globe Primary Academy 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- North Lancing Primary School 1.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Sompting Village Primary School 2.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Swiss Gardens Primary School 2.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Buckingham Park Primary School 3.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Shoreham Beach Primary School 3.3 km · Standards maintained (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.