Southbourne Infant School

State-Funded School

southbourne-infant-school-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

ChichesterConstituency

PO10 8JXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Southbourne Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in West Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 176 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

176

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 176
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Apr 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.