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The Gatwick School
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Free school
23 Gatwick Road, Crawley RH10 9TP · thegatwickschool.org.uk · 01293 538779
On the mapSearch near RH10 9TP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.7
- average Attainment 8 score. West Sussex 46.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 861
- 84% of 1,020 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.4%
- First language not English
- 33.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 61 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 61 | 23 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 76 | 32 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 15 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 68 | 35 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 63 | 46 | 0.7 | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.7, and 30.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across West Sussex it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across West Sussex it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●103 | 105 | |
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼30.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼21.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.27 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.4 | −4.1 |
| Sixth form college | 30.6 | −3.9 |
| Further education | 46.8 | +2.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 2.7 | −3.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.5 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 6.3 | +5.1 |
Ofsted
The Gatwick School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (87 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 87
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (31%) with SEND