Southwater Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southwater Infant Academy is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Southwater Infant Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 62 first-choice applications for 66 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- The school has 16 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 21.1.
- 4.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 9%.
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
- Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Southwater Infant Academy behave well and understand the importance of following school rules to keep everyone safe.”
- “They are kind and supportive towards one another.”
- “Initiatives such as playground pals and the friendship bench help pupils who may feel lonely to find and make friends.”
To improve
- “In recent years, leaders identified a gap between pupils’ attainment in writing and their outcomes in reading and mathematics.”
- “However, this practice is not yet consistently applied across the wider curriculum.”
- “As a result, some pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, do not always achieve as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 62 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.
- Southwater Junior Academy 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Castlewood Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barns Green Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Arunside School, Horsham 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published