Orchards Infant School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Worthing, BN12 6EN
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Orchards Junior School
Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
Local ranking70th of 215 primary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
558
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 27 March 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 61.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 122
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 476
- Boys
- 246 (50%)
- Girls
- 250 (50%)
- Capacity
- 558 (89% full)
- SEND
- 43.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.2%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.4%
- SEN Support
- 33.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,059/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.9%
- White Other: 5.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.0%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
79.9%
White British
5.5%
White Other
3.0%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Nelson Road
Worthing, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 142381
- UKPRN
- 10054173
- Establishment No.
- 2085
- Trust
- SPARKLE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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