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St. Joseph's Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DQ · stjosephsinfant.school · 01243 783709
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Concerns
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 129
- 96% of 135 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
- First language not English
- 30.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 25 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 25 | 15 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 18 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 25 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 33 | 13 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 18 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for St. Joseph's Infant School was: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Concerns
- Inspected
- 9 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125822), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125822)
Mar 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125822)
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125822)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 13
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied