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Oriel High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,441Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 134042URN

Matthews Drive, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7XW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.2 above West Sussex median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex

649 applications for 260 places · 17th of 40 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.0of 90
21st of 40 in West Sussex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 18 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 18 March 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 2 October 2019
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.2 above West Sussex median (2.3) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

649 applications · 260 places offered · 247 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.4
  9. 2018 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.1
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262606492.52470.95
Sep 20252316342.72381.03
Sep 20242376772.92511.06
Sep 20232686752.52350.88
Sep 20222406932.92391.00
Sep 20212667012.62340.88
Sep 20202337263.12561.10
Sep 20192397623.22661.11
Sep 20182367693.33121.32
Sep 20172376492.72711.14
Sep 20162376172.62531.07
Sep 20152346542.82951.26
Sep 20142366132.62801.19

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

268 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.021st of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%24th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26846.043%63%–
2024/2524045.443%63%–
2023/2423548.652%73%+0.10
2022/2324447.545%73%+0.05

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
134042 · 938/4003
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,450 pupils · 1,441 on roll
Free school meals
15.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2004
Address
Matthews Drive, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7XW
Local authority
West Sussex · Crawley

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources