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St. Joseph's Infant School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 129Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148286URN

Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2019
School remains Good (Concerns)Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.6 below West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

46 applications for 25 places · 155th of 180 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2019
School remains Good (Concerns)Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023

Inspection history

  1. 9 November 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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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 entry
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.6 below West Sussex median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

46 applications · 25 places offered · 15 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 0 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Dashed bars: as Lancastrian Infant School (URN 125822), the previous school.

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 202625461.8150.60
Sep 202549661.4180.37
Sep 202445791.8250.56
Sep 202333551.7130.39
Sep 202227521.9180.67
Sep 202126491.980.31
Sep 2020 *24552.3160.67
Sep 2019 *17402.490.53
Sep 2018 *24411.7110.46
Sep 2017 *18482.7100.56
Sep 2016 *29672.3210.72
Sep 2015 *401022.6250.63
Sep 2014 *41671.6160.39

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148286 · 938/2012
Trust
Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust
Capacity
135 pupils · 129 on roll
Free school meals
16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2020
Replaced
Lancastrian Infant School (URN 125822)
Address
Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DQ
Local authority
West Sussex · Chichester

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