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Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery[1]

Primary · ages 2–7

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

No published data for this school.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
1 Jul 2025[2]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[2]
Report published
9 Sep 2025[2]
Personal development
Outstanding[2]
Quality of education
Good[2]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[2]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[2]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[2]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[2]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2023[3] S5 Inspection[3] Requires improvement[3]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Applications (any preference)
214 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences
86 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Places offered
90 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 179[4] 54[4] 68[4] 2.6[4] 0.8[4]
Entry Sept 2024 208[4] 69[4] 72[4] 2.9[4] 1.0[4]
Entry Sept 2023 235[4] 77[4] 87[4] 2.7[4] 0.9[4]
Entry Sept 2022 229[4] 59[4] 64[4] 3.6[4] 0.9[4]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
2–7[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
270[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.maidenbowerinfantschool.org.uk[1]
District
Crawley[5]
Postcode
RH10 7RA[1]
URN
125962[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
242 2024/25[6]
English as an additional language
24% 2024/25[6]
SEN support
14.1% 2024/25[6]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[6]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.3% 2024/25[6]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
63.1%[7]
Mixed
15.3%[7]
Asian
14.1%[7]
Black
5.2%[7]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[7]
Unclassified
1.6%[7]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.