Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 13 December 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry102 applications · 66 places offered · 62 named it first
- 2026 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2025 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2024 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2023 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2022 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2021 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2020 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2019 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2018 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2017 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2016 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2015 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2014 1.4; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 66 | 102 | 1.6 | 62 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 78 | 114 | 1.5 | 65 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 79 | 123 | 1.6 | 77 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 82 | 140 | 1.7 | 77 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 95 | 140 | 1.5 | 86 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 84 | 148 | 1.8 | 80 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 105 | 165 | 1.6 | 93 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 100 | 153 | 1.5 | 96 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 93 | 157 | 1.7 | 81 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 | 83 | 134 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 93 | 147 | 1.6 | 79 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 | 104 | 163 | 1.6 | 98 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 89 | 128 | 1.4 | 91 | 1.02 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Southwater Infant AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place
- 0.1 km · West SussexRemains Good202369%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.9applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20242.9applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · West SussexGood20241.8applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · West SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · West SussexRemains Good20233.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · West SussexRemains Good20233.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 136866 · 938/2136
- Trust
- The Southwater Infant Academy
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 230 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Southwater Infant School (URN 125890)
- Address
- Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Horsham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources