Brook Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Crawley, 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 🔒
Brook Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Brook 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 | 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
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 31 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 87th highest of 205 West Sussex primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 3 of the 4 earlier years; the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 13.6%.
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
- Salterns Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7JE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 172 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s ethos of ‘Learning with Love and Laughter’ filters through everything at ‘The Brook’.”
- “Staff are ambitious for pupils, with high expectations set for both academic development and personal growth.”
- “This inspires pupils to have a positive attitude towards their learning and to achieve well.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, this work is less well developed.”
- “In a small number of subjects, where the curriculum is less developed, work is not as well-matched to what pupils already know, and so learning is less effective.”
- “However, wider opportunities beyond the curriculum for pupils to develop their talents and interests are limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 30 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 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Pound Hill Infant Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Three Bridges Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published