Herons Dale School

State-Funded School

herons-dale-school-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

East Worthing and ShorehamConstituency

BN43 6TNPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Herons Dale School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in West Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 146 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

146

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 146
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 8 February 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Mar 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.