Orchards Infant School

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Worthing, West Sussex·BN12 6EN

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Orchards Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

64 first choices, 67 places

First choices per place

0.95

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

157

any preference, for 67 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Orchards Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 272
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

22.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

14.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

19.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

8.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

20.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,094

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Orchards Junior School Worthing · 0.0 mi 42.0 English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing Worthing · 0.3 mi 30.6 Hawthorns Primary School Worthing · 0.6 mi 43.6 Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School Worthing · 0.6 mi 53.3 West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School Worthing · 0.6 mi 43.4 The Laurels Primary School, Worthing Worthing · 0.6 mi 27.4 Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing Worthing · 0.8 mi 33.8 Durrington Junior School Worthing · 1.0 mi 51.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Orchards Infant School

Orchards Infant School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 272 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Orchards Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 67 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Orchards Infant School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.