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Brook Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Salterns Road, Maidenbower, Crawley RH10 7JE · brookinfant.school · 01293 886521
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 172
- 96% of 180 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7%
- First language not English
- 26.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 97% |
Ofsted
Brook Infant School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Apr 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 58
- 33% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 12% who had a child bullied