St. Joseph's Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Chichester, 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 🔒
St. Joseph's Infant School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 9 November 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St. Joseph's Infant School 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
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 25 offers (0.6 per offer, lowest of 205 West Sussex primary schools), with 10 offers to families ranking it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as did 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There are 18.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- 15.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 25.2%.
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
- Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 129 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 9 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They feel confident about reporting any concerns that they have, including bullying.”
- “If bullying occurs, leaders address it swiftly and effectively.”
To improve
- “However, in a number of subjects, recent improvements to the curriculum are underdeveloped and the intended learning is not clear enough.”
- “This limits how well pupils achieve in these subjects.”
- “However, in other subjects, the curriculum is not sequenced well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 15 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.
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Parklands Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Portfield Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsham Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fishbourne CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published