Trafalgar Community Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Horsham, 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Trafalgar Community Infant School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Trafalgar Community 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 48 offers (0.7 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 205 West Sussex primary schools).
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception 2026 place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 5.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
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
- Victory Road, Horsham, RH12 2JF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils come to school with a sense of excitement.”
- “The school has a joyous atmosphere that has been purposefully created to engage and support all pupils.”
- “They feel welcomed and cared for by the school.”
To improve
- “Teachers check what pupils have learned and remembered, but this can be inconsistent across different subjects.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils have misconceptions or gaps in learning that are not sufficiently addressed.”
- “Consequently, pupils usually achieve well, but they sometimes struggle to recall learning over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 35 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.
- Greenway Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- Arunside School, Horsham 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Heath Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingslea Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holbrook Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published