- Age range
- 2–13
- Co-ed status
- Mixed
- Number of students
- 219
- Day / boarding
- Day only
- Religious affiliation
- Christian
- Average fees
- £16,470 (annual, inc. VAT)
- Has a nursery
- Yes
How the school describes itself
- Lancing Prep Worthing is happy, caring and ambitious for every child.
- The school emphasises knowing pupils well, building character and helping them aim high without losing balance.
- The school is positive, well-organised and clearly preparatory.
Fee profile
Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.
Parents like
- A strong choice for families who want a prep with obvious warmth but no shortage of academic purpose.
- The attraction is likely to be the combination of personal pastoral care and very visible success in the next-step market.
- It should suit parents who want children known well while still being thoroughly prepared for senior-school competition.
Admissions
Lancing Prep Worthing encourages families to visit, register interest early and understand the different entry points across pre-prep and prep. The process sounds supportive rather than forbidding, but the school is clearly used to parents who are thinking ahead to selective senior-school destinations and want strong guidance from the outset.
Scholarships
Scholarships are an important part of the public story at Lancing Prep Worthing. The school offers Year 7 scholarship opportunities and also highlights a striking level of external scholarship success at 13+, which signals real expertise in identifying and stretching talent.
Bursaries
The school does not clearly publish bursary information, so families should contact it directly.
- The school does not publish bursary entry points, so families should ask directly.
- The school does not publish bursary award levels, so families should ask directly.
- Families should contact the school directly to ask whether any bursary, hardship support or discretionary fee assistance is available.
Inspection snapshot
The school's current inspection information is recent, led by its May 2025 ISI inspection. That gives families a fresh formal reference point for a prep school that publicly emphasises both strong pastoral care and serious preparation for the next stage.
Assessment approach
Lancing Prep Worthing appears to use assessment carefully and deliberately, with close progress tracking alongside explicit preparation for 11+ and especially 13+ transition. The school also publicises scholarship success and leaver destinations strongly, so families should see the later prep years as a period of increasingly focused senior-school preparation.
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