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Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery

  • 2–7Ages
  • 249Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 125962URN

Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

214 applications for 90 places · 97th of 180 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 1 July 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to West Sussex median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

214 applications · 90 places offered · 86 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.6; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.8
  10. 2017 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.7
  12. 2015 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.8
  13. 2014 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.6
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026902142.4860.96
Sep 2025681792.6540.79
Sep 2024722082.9690.96
Sep 2023872352.7770.89
Sep 2022642293.6590.92
Sep 2021792363.0750.95
Sep 2020902723.0810.90
Sep 2019903003.3971.08
Sep 2018902713.0890.99
Sep 2017902713.0971.08
Sep 2016903053.4981.09
Sep 2015903353.71121.24
Sep 2014902913.2991.10

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
125962 · 938/2240
Capacity
270 pupils · 249 on roll
Free school meals
8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Local authority
West Sussex · Crawley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources