The Forest School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.49 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Forest School is a secondary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Forest 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.49 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 the last distance offered was 2.49 miles, 12th longest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.49 miles).
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- In Year 7 2026, there were 204 first-choice applications for 216 offers; 185 offers went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026, 31 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
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
- Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 204 first-preference applications, 216 offers in total, 185 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Millais School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Tanbridge House School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weald School, The 7.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oriel High School 7.2 mi Not judged Last distance published