Graded inspection · Feb 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry657 applications · 173 places offered · 268 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2020 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2019 3.9; West Sussex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2018 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 3.6; West Sussex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- West Sussex median
Dashed bars: as St Paul's Catholic College (URN 126101), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 173 | 657 | 3.8 | 268 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 590 | 3.3 | 249 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 619 | 3.5 | 241 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2023 | 177 | 575 | 3.3 | 221 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2022 | 183 | 647 | 3.5 | 203 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 * | 179 | 655 | 3.7 | 227 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2020 * | 179 | 610 | 3.4 | 181 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 * | 177 | 696 | 3.9 | 215 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2018 * | 180 | 617 | 3.4 | 191 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 * | 149 | 545 | 3.7 | 203 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2016 * | 145 | 518 | 3.6 | 200 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2015 * | 149 | 497 | 3.3 | 196 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2014 * | 147 | 495 | 3.4 | 208 | 1.41 |
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.) | 182 | 57.8 | 68% | 86% | – |
| 2024/25 | 181 | 55.5 | 64% | 87% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 56.8 | 66% | 85% | +0.53 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 56.1 | 57% | 81% | +0.66 |
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
- St Paul's Catholic CollegeThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.8applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · West SussexSome aspects not as strong20241.2applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · West Sussex20262.6applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · West Sussex20262.1applications per place 58.3Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · East Sussex20263.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Brighton and HoveRemains Good20233.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · Brighton and Hove20264.8applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 33.2Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148753 · 938/4610
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,160 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2022
- Replaced
- St Paul's Catholic College (URN 126101)
- Address
- Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Mid Sussex
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources