Horsham Nursery School
Nursery · Horsham · RH13 5UT
Data updated
Ungraded inspection: no current grade
Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.
Inspected 20 May 2025
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190 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 3–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 16.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 125809
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 10 of 16 places taken places may be available
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 70% (West Sussex 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (West Sussex 6%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (West Sussex 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (West Sussex 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (West Sussex 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (West Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (West Sussex 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (West Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (West Sussex 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (West Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (West Sussex 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
60% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,454; 40% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 82% (79%) · premises 6% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (5%) · supplies and services 4% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 3% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £357,333; in-year balance +£58,766
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 May 2025: Standards maintained
- 6 November 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 8 December 2015: Yes - improving (good)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 43% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 45.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 59.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 2.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 37.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 16.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 61.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 15.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 21.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031672 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £391,500509 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £258,500–£530,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 28an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted