Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery
This school
Maidenbower Junior School
Partner infant school
Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery
Nursery to Year 2 · 90 m away from Maidenbower Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 12 October 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 63% | 60% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 71% | 70% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 16% | 25% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 104 | 104 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Maidenbower Junior School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 9 May 2017. Ofsted inspected it again on 12 October 2022 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Maidenbower Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, West Sussex, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Maidenbower Junior School had 579 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 600. It is a mixed school.
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