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Graffham Church of England Infant School (Voluntary Controlled)
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Voluntary controlled
Graffham, Petworth GU28 0NJ · graffhamandduncton.w-sussex.sch.uk · 01798 867324
On the mapSearch near GU28 0NJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 44
- 73% of 60 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 2.3%
- First language not English
- 4.5%
- 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, 13 families put the school first and 17 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 | 17 | 13 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 11 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Graffham Church of England Infant School (Voluntary Controlled) on 6 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 6 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125831), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125831)
Feb 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125831)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 47
- 82% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 51% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied