Living in Lancing with children
Lancing, West Sussex. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
5 schools: 4 state primary, 0 state secondary, 1 privateLancing on the schools map →Every school in Lancing, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Primary School | Outstanding | Top 13% (26/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Sompting Village Primary School | Good | (136/202) in West Sussex | — |
| North Lancing Primary School | Good | (152/202) in West Sussex | — |
| The Globe Primary Academy | School remains Good | (188/202) in West Sussex | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancing College | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 50% (4/8) in West Sussex | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Lancing yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Lancing →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 95% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 100%, on average across the 682 postcodes in BN15. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 6 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 7 in West Sussex.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, West Sussex
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: West Sussex.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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