Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 1 May 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 11 January 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry211 applications · 61 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 4.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 4.4; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 6.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 7.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 4.2; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 4.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.3
- This school
- West Sussex median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.3 per place (57 applications for 25 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 61 | 211 | 3.5 | 23 | 0.38 |
| Sep 2025 | 76 | 253 | 3.3 | 32 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2024 | 41 | 197 | 4.8 | 15 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2023 | 68 | 298 | 4.4 | 35 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2022 | 63 | 397 | 6.3 | 46 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 450 | 7.6 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 114 | 361 | 3.2 | 52 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2019 | 120 | 508 | 4.2 | 80 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2018 | 121 | 402 | 3.3 | 87 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 | 65 | 189 | 2.9 | 44 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2016 | 37 | 153 | 4.1 | 26 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2015 | 50 | 121 | 2.4 | 33 | 0.66 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 111 | 44.0 | 42% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 112 | 39.7 | 30% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 111 | 37.4 | 28% | 55% | −0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 114 | 34.8 | 24% | 41% | −0.94 |
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
- The Gatwick SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.5applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · West SussexOutstanding20233.5applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Surrey20261.3applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · West SussexRemains Good20234.1applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · West SussexGood20221.4applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · West SussexGood20232.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · West SussexStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 141038 · 938/4011
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 861 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Address
- 23 Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9TP
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Crawley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources