Graffham Church of England Infant School (Voluntary Controlled)
Primary · Petworth · GU28 0NJ
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 24 June 2026
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44 pupils · 73% of 60 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 17% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.1% of pupils
- URN
- 148396
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.76 first-choice applications per place17 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 6 May 2026: Expected standard
- 12 October 2021: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.