Courtlands Independent Special School
Courtlands Independent Special School is an independent special school in Worthing for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 56 pupils and room for 80.
37 Parklands Avenue, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 4NG01903 255900courtlands-school.co.ukMr Mark Birkbeck headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2023: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to West Sussex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 56 | 23 | 0 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School | Church of England | 480 m | 760 | Not inspected | 23 | Compare |
| Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School | Church of England | 740 m | 421 | Good 2023 | 70 | Compare |
| Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing | Council | 950 m | 203 | Good 2024 | 60 | Compare |
| Orchards Infant School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 281 | Requires improvement 2021 | 1 | Compare |
| Orchards Junior School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 496 | Good 2024 | 30 | Compare |
| St Oscar Romero Catholic School | Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 1,144 | No overall grade 2025 | 93 | Compare |
| Palatine Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 222 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing | Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 187 | Good 2022 | 26 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Courtlands Independent Special School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Courtlands Independent Special School yet.
How many pupils does Courtlands Independent Special School have?
56 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 80 places, so it is 70% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 37 Parklands Avenue, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 4NG
- Telephone
- 01903 255900
- Website
- www.courtlands-school.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Birkbeck
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward
- Goring
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 November 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149890 · LAESTAB 9386018
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.