Springfield Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Worthing, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.87 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Springfield Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Springfield Infant School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.87 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.87 miles, 32nd shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance, and further from the school than in 2023.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 60 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- There are 18 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Springfield really does give its pupils ‘the wings to fly and space to grow’.”
- “Pupils receive a truly excellent start to their education in every aspect of school life.”
- “The school focuses on building strong relationships with pupils and their families from the outset.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Homefield Primary School and SSC 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whytemead Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Downsbrook Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadwater CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramber Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heene CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sompting Village Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published