Ingfield Manor School
Ingfield Manor Drive, Five Oaks, Billingshurst, RH14 9AX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Ms Liz Brown
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 90
- URN
- 135814
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01403782294
About this school
Ingfield Manor School is a special school in Billingshurst. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 90 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 28 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ingfield Manor School 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 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 69 |
| 2024/25 | 71 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.75%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 14.93%
- Persistent absence
- 42.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Apple Orchard School1.0 miles
Special schools · Horsham
-
Manor House School2.1 miles
Special schools · Horsham
-
Muntham House School2.2 miles
Special schools · Horsham
-
Pennthorpe School2.7 miles
Independent schools · Horsham
-
New Barn School3.4 miles
Special schools
Other schools in Billingshurst
- Billingshurst Primary Academy Primary
- Loxwood Primary School Primary
- Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School Primary
- Wisborough Green Primary School Primary
- Weald School, The Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ingfield Manor School teach?
- Ingfield Manor School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Billingshurst.
- Who is the principal of Ingfield Manor School?
- The principal of Ingfield Manor School is Ms Liz Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ingfield Manor School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ingfield Manor School, 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 Ingfield Manor School?
- Ingfield Manor School has 90 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Ingfield Manor School full?
- Ingfield Manor School has capacity for 100 pupils and 90 on roll (90%), 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 Ingfield Manor School a faith school?
- No. Ingfield Manor School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Ingfield Manor School have?
- The schools register lists Ingfield Manor School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Ingfield Manor School's absence rate?
- Ingfield Manor School's overall absence rate is 14.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ingfield Manor School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ingfield Manor School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 1 July 2026.