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Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery

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Community school in Crawley, RH10 7RA, taking ages 3 to 7, 249 on roll.

No current grade Ofsted, Sep 2025
2.2400487156225535 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
92% Full

Will an address get in?

In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery lived 2.2400487156225535 miles away, according to West Sussex. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 2.2400487156225535 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived. 2.2400487156225535 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 249 pupils in 270 places (92% full)
Local authorityWest Sussex

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery

Girls and boys46.2% girls, 53.8% boys
English as an additional language29.7% of pupils
Free school meals8.4% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 2.2400487156225535 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is RH10 at £366,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
RH10 Crawley 0.7 mi £366,000 81 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery?

Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 2.2400487156225535 miles away, per West Sussex.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.2400487156225535 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by West Sussex. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.