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Springfield Infant School and Nursery

  • 3–7Ages
  • 161Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 125967URN

Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

138 applications for 58 places · 97th of 180 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 14 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to West Sussex median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

138 applications · 58 places offered · 60 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.8
  10. 2017 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.7
  12. 2015 3.8; West Sussex median median 2.8
  13. 2014 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.6
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026581382.4601.03
Sep 2025451242.8430.96
Sep 2024591582.7470.80
Sep 2023601562.6621.03
Sep 2022601552.6611.02
Sep 2021601702.8621.03
Sep 2020601572.6661.10
Sep 2019591732.9540.92
Sep 2018601632.7490.82
Sep 2017601722.9580.97
Sep 2016601863.1631.05
Sep 2015612303.8771.26
Sep 2014581973.4450.78

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
125967 · 938/2245
Capacity
180 pupils · 161 on roll
Free school meals
12.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BQ
Local authority
West Sussex · Worthing

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources