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Orchards Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Sponsored academy
Nelson Road, Worthing BN12 6EN · orchardsinfant.com · 01903 700234
On the mapSearch near BN12 6EN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2021
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 281
- 68% of 412 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- First language not English
- 14.6%
- 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, 64 families put the school first and 67 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 | 67 | 64 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 62 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 74 | 67 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Orchards Infant School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 21 September 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 21 Sept 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125864)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125864), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Nov 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125864)
Jul 2015Requires 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 125864)