122 Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 8HU
10 reasons to choose Lancing Prep Worthing
Main point of differentiation
Lancing Prep Worthing has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81, and offers the best value for money of all prep schools in the Worthing area. It is introducing more skills learning through its ‘Learn to Learn’ lessons and the Years 7 and 8 skills-based curriculum.
School fundamentals
Lancing Prep Worthing is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 13 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a prep school to Lancing College (age 13-18), and is a member of the Woodard Corporation. Lancing Prep Worthing fees range from £3,715 (Rec) to £5,105 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Lancing Prep Worthing has one or two classes per year, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Nearly all Lancing Prep Worthing pupils move up to Lancing College after Year 8. Some 60%-80% win scholarships and awards. Steyning Grammar is the most popular alternative.
The Lancing Prep Worthing curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, Learn to Learn, French, Spanish, German, Latin. In Years 7 to 8 the school follows the Common Entrance, Scholarship and related curricula for maths, English and science, and a bespoke skills-related curriculum for all other subjects. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School to Year 2 and biennial residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport and music throughout, for languages, computing, art and DT from Year 3, for drama from Year 5, and for all subjects from Year 7.
Sport at Lancing Prep Worthing
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Lancing Prep Worthing
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is drama from Year 5. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, an orchestra and two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Lancing Prep Worthing
Our Lady of Sion Junior School (1.2 miles); Sompting Abbotts School (2.1 miles); Windlesham House School (5.2 miles).
Aldrington Church of England Primary School (9.7 miles); Westdene Primary School (10.9 miles); Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Rottingdean (15.2 miles).
Our Lady of Sion School (1.2 miles); Lancing College (6 miles); Shoreham College (7.1 miles).
Steyning Grammar School (6.3 miles); Shoreham Academy (6.6 miles); Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College (9.6 miles).