Orchards Infant School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–7 · Worthing, 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 🔒
Orchards Infant School is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 3–7 (academy sponsor led). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Orchards 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
- In 2026 Reception, 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 64 first-choice applications for 67 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 16% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 13.4%.
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
- Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 281 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 67 offers in total, 64 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.
- Orchards Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawthorns Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Laurels Primary School, Worthing 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas A Becket Infant School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published