Minerva May School
Minerva May School is an independent special school in Horley for boys and girls aged 11 to 17. It has 29 pupils and room for 70.
Dovenby Hall, Balcombe Road, Horley, RH6 9UU01293 222502minervamayschool.orgMr Melvin George headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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 Surrey council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood School | Council | 0.9 miles | 1,610 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| Langshott Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 411 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| Horley Infant School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 267 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Yattendon School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 388 | Good 2022 | 48 | Compare |
| Manorfield Primary and Nursery School | Council | 1.4 miles | 233 | Good 2022 | 73 | Compare |
| Burstow Park School | Independent | 1.5 miles | 103 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Aurora Redehall School | Independent (grammar) | 1.5 miles | 51 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.5 miles | 227 | Report card 2026 | 88 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Minerva May School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Minerva May School yet.
How many pupils does Minerva May School have?
29 pupils aged 11 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 70 places, so it is 41% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Dovenby Hall, Balcombe Road, Horley, RH6 9UU
- Telephone
- 01293 222502
- Website
- www.minervamayschool.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Melvin George
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward
- Horley Central & South
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 8 April 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151489 · LAESTAB 9366077
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.
- 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.