Southwater Infant Academy
Worthing Road, Horsham, RH13 9JH
230 pupils · 85% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE SOUTHWATER INFANT ACADEMY
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 13 December 2022, published 7 February 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.94 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 66 | 62 | 102 | 64 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 78 | 65 | 114 | 73 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 79 | 77 | 123 | 79 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 82 | 77 | 140 | 81 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 95 | 86 | 140 | 94 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 84 | 80 | 148 | 84 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 105 | 93 | 165 | 103 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 100 | 96 | 153 | 100 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Southwater Junior Academy 0.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Castlewood Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Barns Green Primary School 3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 3.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School 3.8 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Arunside School, Horsham 3.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.