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River Beach Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 58% 58% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
58% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
6% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
103 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
103 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 62%[4] 5%[4] 104[4] 105[4]
2022/23 63%[5] 3%[5] 104[5] 103[5]
2018/19 71%[6] 4%[6] 104[6] 105[6]
2017/18 63%[7] 6%[7] 103[7] 103[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
25 Feb 2025[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
28 Apr 2025[8]
Personal development
Good[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Oct 2019[9] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
Date not published[10] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[10] No overall grade[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
140 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
65 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
68 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 138[11] 73[11] 76[11] 1.8[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2024 188[11] 91[11] 88[11] 2.1[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2023 214[11] 98[11] 89[11] 2.4[11] 1.1[11]
Entry Sept 2022 218[11] 109[11] 90[11] 2.4[11] 1.2[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
700[1]
Trust
SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
www.riverbeach.w-sussex.sch.uk/[1]
District
Arun[12]
Postcode
BN17 6EW[1]
URN
140089[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
677 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
18% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
15.8% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.4% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85.1%[14]
Mixed
4.1%[14]
Asian
6.6%[14]
Black
2.1%[14]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[14]
Unclassified
1.4%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.