Brook Infant School and Nursery

About Brook Infant School and Nursery

Brook Infant School and Nursery earned a Good rating from Ofsted in its most recent graded inspection in June 2024, a grade it has held consistently across both its recent inspections. The school’s overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision were all rated Good, with no outstanding or inadequate judgments in any category. For a primary school serving children from age 2 to 7, the most telling academic metric is the local authority’s average Key Stage 2 score, which sits at 56 for West Sussex. While Brook Infant School does not publish its own KS2 results — likely because its pupils move on to junior school before sitting those tests — the school’s consistent Good rating across all Ofsted domains suggests solid foundations in early literacy and numeracy. The school’s early years provision, specifically rated Good, indicates that children get a strong start in Nursery and Reception.

With 175 pupils on roll against a capacity of 180, the school is nearly full, and its oversubscription figures tell a clear story of local demand. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 139 applications for 60 places, with 54 of those going to first-preference families. That works out at 2.32 applications per place, meaning competition is real but not extreme. The school’s percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is 6.9, which is below the national average and suggests a relatively affluent catchment. In terms of academic comparison, the local authority average KS2 score of 56 is a useful benchmark for parents thinking ahead to junior school outcomes, though Brook itself focuses on the early years and Key Stage 1.

Facilities include playing fields, a library, a sports hall, an ICT suite, and a chapel, which is unusual for a state infant school and may reflect a historic building. Sports on offer include rounders, dance, cross country, athletics, and swimming, while after-school clubs cover coding, drama, gardening, art, and science. The school has a nursery provision and offers SEND support for social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, visual impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This breadth of SEND provision makes it a practical choice for families whose children need targeted early support. For parents in Crawley looking for a Good-rated infant school with strong demand, strong facilities, and a clear focus on the early years, Brook Infant School and Nursery is a solid, well-subscribed option.

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