School Summary

The Forest School


Boys: 989
Girls: 26
Total Pupils: 1015
Opened:
Ofsted: Good
Headteacher: Ian Straw
The Forest School
Comptons Lane
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5NT
Telephone: 01403261086
Website: http://www.theforestschool.com/

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Address3:
AdministrativeWard (code): E05011818
AdministrativeWard (name): Forest
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
BSOInspectorateName (name): Not applicable
Boarders (code): 1
Boarders (name): No boarders
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CCF (name): Not applicable
CHNumber:
CensusDate: 20-01-2022
CloseDate:
Country (name):
County (name): West Sussex
DateOfLastInspectionVisit:
Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E07000227
DistrictAdministrative (name): Horsham
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 518760
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: The Forest School
EstablishmentNumber: 4009
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 4
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Local authority maintained schools
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FSM: 95
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GOR (code): J
GOR (name): South East
GSSLACode (name): E10000032
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Ian
HeadLastName: Straw
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Headteacher
HeadTitle (name): Mr
InspectorateName (name):
InspectorateReport:
LA (code): 938
LA (name): West Sussex
LSOA (code): E01031640
LSOA (name): Horsham 008B
LastChangedDate: 16-05-2023
Locality:
MSOA (code): E02006595
MSOA (name): Horsham 008
NextInspectionVisit:
Northing: 130273
NumberOfBoys: 989
NumberOfGirls: 26
NumberOfPupils: 1015
NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 2
OfficialSixthForm (name): Does not have a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 26-01-2022
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate:
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000753
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Horsham
PercentageFSM: 9.40
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
PlacesPRU:
Postcode: RH13 5NT
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QABName (code): 0
QABName (name): Not applicable
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RSCRegion (name): South-East England and South London
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name): Not applicable
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): Not applicable
ReligiousCharacter (code): 00
ReligiousCharacter (name): Does not apply
ReligiousEthos (name): Does not apply
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SENPRU (name): Not applicable
SENStat:
SchoolCapacity: 1140
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Not applicable
SchoolSponsors (name):
SchoolWebsite: http://www.theforestschool.com/
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
SenUnitCapacity:
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 16
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Comptons Lane
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
TeenMothPlaces:
TelephoneNum: 01403261086
Town: Horsham
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 0
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Not applicable
Trusts (code):
Trusts (name):
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 01
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Community school
TypeOfResourcedProvision (name):
UKPRN: 10007930
UPRN: 100062478747
URN: 126065
UrbanRural (code): C1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban city and town
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Most of the teaches think there better then everyone else and do not give you the respect that you should have went to this school and my personal opinion of it was rubbish even the head teacher was not giving you the right respect as soon as you say your point your in trouble for agaring with the teacher so that a 1hr after school on a Friday even if you are right. And there also a lot of bulling going on at that school and they will not do anything about it and if you bring your bike to school make sure you lock it up because people like to take bike from there so if I was you I would send your kid to another school as in one week of that school there was 16 fights happened","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Most of the teaches think there better then everyone else and do not give you the respect that you should have went to this school and my personal opinion of it was rubbish even the head teacher was not giving you the right respect as soon as you say your point your in trouble for agaring with the teacher so that a 1hr after school on a Friday even if you are right. And there also a lot of bulling going on at that school and they will not do anything about it and if you bring your bike to school make sure you lock it up because people like to take bike from there so if I was you I would send your kid to another school as in one week of that school there was 16 fights happened","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Lewis Bridle","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102322524703777262713\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcPBpIayzPk7YUH0U0ibpy80NtnBX8E0UWwG1OZxH3J=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-08-04T23:47:33Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Bullying is not treated well enought & they spend money relining the school car park","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Bullying is not treated well enought & they spend money relining the school car park","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"The British Ace","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110749062308694517165\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMSk8GSwrmU9iLMpXCTMfBrkAmVd_801JVdUXB-hf-00f_c=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-28T12:15:17Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"crawley probably has a better school than this","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"crawley probably has a better school than this","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Sophia Stevens","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/113104052240555219628\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcrBwHQ-M2H9AmDTcDp53hHTJEGxBGZJPwN9_GsIg-g=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-28T20:53:33Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"So bad go to a Different school","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"So bad go to a Different school","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"6f5 Beast","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109667140864730976972\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMRFi9XfU37_c6IluwlsXhZNZcCEqvyiefoI6S606CaGfQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-10-30T12:35:42Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"This school sucks","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school sucks","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Mark Gresham","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100972488951152243012\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMTBfsKOdAAx5UUiyL0FXg0Ji1aUWB0oEoqLXzdyXhSybik=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2016-12-21T11:57:54Z"}]