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41 open schools in Horsham, West Sussex · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all West Sussex schools · grammar schools in Horsham

Horsham has 41 state schools: 30 primary, 4 secondary, part of West Sussex's wider catchment. 34 have a published Ofsted rating, and 28 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Average score
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Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Millais School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Trafalgar Community Infant School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, Horsham Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) North Heath Community Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St John's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Andrew's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Oakfields Primary School, Horsham Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Shipley CofE Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Colgate Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in West Sussex

Primary schools: 'The majority of West Sussex Schools have a catchment area' (not guaranteed, nearest-with-space is the fallback). (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

All Saints CofE Primary School, Horsham Horsham · Not judged Arunside School, Horsham Horsham · Good Barns Green Primary School Horsham · Not judged Bohunt Horsham Horsham · Good Castlewood Primary School Horsham · Good Christ's Hospital Horsham Colgate Primary School Horsham · Good Farlington School Horsham Greenway Junior School Horsham · Good Heron Way Primary School Horsham · Outstanding Holbrook Primary School Horsham · Good Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower Beeding Horsham · Good Horsham Nursery School Horsham · Good Jolesfield CofE Primary School Horsham · Good Kilnwood Vale Primary School Horsham · Good Kingslea Primary School Horsham Leechpool Primary School Horsham · Requires improvement Millais School Horsham · Good Muntham House School Horsham · Good North Heath Community Primary School Horsham · Good Oakfields Primary School, Horsham Horsham · Good Pennthorpe School Horsham Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham Horsham · Outstanding Rudgwick Primary School Horsham · Good Rusper Primary School Horsham · Inadequate Shelley Primary School Horsham · Not judged Shipley CofE Primary School Horsham · Good Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School Horsham · Good Southwater Infant Academy Horsham · Good Southwater Junior Academy Horsham · Good St Andrew's CofE Primary School Horsham · Good St John's Catholic Primary School Horsham · Good St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School Horsham · Good St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School Horsham St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, Horsham Horsham · Good Tanbridge House School Horsham · Outstanding The College of Richard Collyer In Horsham Horsham The Forest School Horsham Trafalgar Community Infant School Horsham · Good Warnham CofE Primary School Horsham · Good William Penn School Horsham · Requires improvement

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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