Horsham Nursery School
Horsham Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Horsham for boys and girls aged 3 to 5. It has 190 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Harwood Road, Horsham, RH13 5UT01403 224430horshamnursery.co.ukMrs Elizabeth Mellor headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to West Sussex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 10 pupils, for speech, language and communication.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in West Sussex with speech, language and communication provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (12), Hearing impairment (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Multi-sensory impairment (1), emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 190 | 188 | 142 | 149 | 103 | 107 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 12% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 21% | 24% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 9% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingslea Primary School | Council | 80 m | 428 | Report card 2026 | 97 | Compare |
| Millais School | Council | 570 m | 896 | Good 2022 | 67 | Compare |
| The College of Richard Collyer In Horsham | Academy 16-19 converter | 940 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Forest School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 1,115 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham | Council | 0.7 miles | 140 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Oakfields Primary School, Horsham | Council | 0.7 miles | 222 | Good 2024 | 6 | Compare |
| Leechpool Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 409 | Requires improvement 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| Aurora Vincent House School | Independent | 0.8 miles | 42 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Horsham Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Horsham Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Horsham Nursery School have?
190 pupils aged 3 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Horsham Nursery School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for speech, language and communication. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Harwood Road, Horsham, RH13 5UT
- Telephone
- 01403 224430
- Website
- www.horshamnursery.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Mellor
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 3-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward
- Roffey South
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 125809 · LAESTAB 9381003
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.