Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery
Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Roberts
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 249
- URN
- 125962
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01293886324
About this school
Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery is a community primary school in Crawley. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 249 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 240 |
| 2023/24 | 251 |
| 2024/25 | 242 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery compares
Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.7% | 8.3% | 249 | — |
| Maidenbower Junior School | 63% | 4.6% | 12.8% | 559 | 0.1 miles |
| Brook Infant School and Nursery | — | 4.2% | 6.9% | 172 | 0.4 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 48% | 4% | 15.9% | 208 | 0.7 miles |
| Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley | 79% | 4.3% | 15.9% | 352 | 0.8 miles |
| Pound Hill Infant Academy | — | 4.7% | 7.4% | 269 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.26%
- English as an additional language
- 24%
- Overall absence
- 4.68%
- Persistent absence
- 12.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Maidenbower Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Brook Infant School and Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
St Andrew's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley0.8 miles
Primary · Crawley
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Pound Hill Infant Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Crawley
Other schools in Crawley
- Broadfield Primary Academy Primary
- Brook Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Crawley Down Village CofE School Primary
- Desmond Anderson Primary Academy Primary
- Fairway Infant School, Copthorne Primary
- Forge Wood Primary School Primary
- Gossops Green Primary Primary
- Hilltop Primary School Primary
- Langley Green Primary Primary
- Maidenbower Junior School Primary
- Milton Mount Primary School Primary
- Northgate Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery teach?
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Crawley.
- Who is the headteacher of Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery is Mrs Laura Roberts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery?
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery has 249 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery full?
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery has capacity for 270 pupils and 249 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.