The Forest School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Horsham, RH13 5NT
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Millais School
Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
Local ranking13th of 40 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 64.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 236
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1055
- Girls
- 896 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (60% full)
- SEND
- 24.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.7%
- EAL
- 11.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 22.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,403/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.4%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.9%
- Asian Other: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Black African: 2.4%
67.4%
White British
5.3%
White Other
4.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 126066
- UKPRN
- 10016537
- Establishment No.
- 4010
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