Orchards Infant School
Primary · Worthing · BN12 6EN
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 September 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
281 pupils · 68% of 412 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 14.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 8.1% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150365
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place67 places offered · 64 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 12% 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, academy 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.