Welcome to the website for Thomas A Beckett First School:

Thomas A Becket First School, (Local education authority: West Sussex) is an Infant School in Worthing, West Sussex receiving children at the age of 4+ and offering a Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 education.

At the moment the school has approximately 440 children on roll and there is a first year limit of 60 places.

There are three playgrounds and a large field. The school is well equipped for all the needs of the children in their primary years.

A school in Tarring dates back as far as 1732. By the late 19th Century the Old Palace was in use as a school. The council took over the school in 1909 as an infant school with a junior department opening on the current site in 1964, the school now operating under its name of Thomas A Becket Primary. The school became a combined first and middle in 1974, separating from its middle school department in 1985.

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School & Buildings

There are two main buildings within close proximity of each other, which were built in 1968 and 1972. These include spacious halls, several practical areas and quiet rooms, ICT suite, a modern library, small teaching areas as well as class bases. A spacious new extension to the north building was completed in 2004 which provides us with a library, staffroom and a classroom.

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