Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Crawley, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.24 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery 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 | 2.24 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.24 miles away, the 28th longest of the 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2018, and every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 86 first-choice applications for 90 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 8.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.8% 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
- Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 249 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “The school provides an exceptionally nurturing environment.”
- “Pupils are well known by staff, who provide expert care for each of them.”
- “Pupils feel safe at the school and are confident that staff will help them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes these checks do not accurately identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 86 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 86 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.
- Maidenbower Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Brook Infant School and Nursery 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Pound Hill Infant Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Three Bridges Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milton Mount Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published