Orchards Infant School
Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
Headteacher: Dr Paul JonesSchool website ↗Pupils: 272 (capacity: 412)Part of SPARKLE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted Requires Improvement
Inspected September 2021
Requires Improvement
Inspected September 2021
100%
First-choice offer rate
Ofsted RatingInspected 21 September 2021Full report ↗
Requires Improvement
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Rated Requires Improvement across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
- How many places were offered?
- 62
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 60
- How many got their first choice?
- 60of 60 (100.0%)
- How many applied in total?
- 164
Pupils & Inclusion
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
129 girls, 143 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
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