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Fee-paying schools in BN11, Worthing

4 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BN11, the nearest being Our Lady of Sion School at 0.0 mi, 1 of them selective. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School Distance Ages Takes
Our Lady of Sion School 0.0 mi 3 to 19 All-through
Educate U 0.3 mi 5 to 16 All-through
Selective
Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing 0.9 mi 2 to 13 Primary
Sompting Abbotts School 2.1 mi 2 to 13 Primary
Church of England
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Our Lady of Sion School are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

BN11 also holds 19 state primary and 5 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BN11 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BN11.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BN11?

4 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BN11, Worthing, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in BN11 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are private schools in BN11 selective?

1 of the 4 select on ability at entry, according to their admissions policy on the register. The rest do not, though most fee-paying schools still assess applicants in some way.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.