Weald School, The
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Billingshurst, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.16 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Weald School, The is a secondary school in Billingshurst, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Weald School, The catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 7.16 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 7.16 miles away, 3rd longest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 entry, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 273 first-choice applications for 291 offers; 266 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above: 48% (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in West Sussex that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,800 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are valued through the school’s ethos of ‘Opportunity and Community’.”
- “They build strong, trusting relationships with staff.”
- “Consequently, pupils feel happy and safe, adding to their sense of enjoyment of school life.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent in all subjects.”
- “At times, in a small number of subjects, the adaptations made by teachers are not sharply tailored to pupils’ needs.”
- “This means some pupils with SEND struggle to keep up with their peers and develop gaps in their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 273 first-preference applications, 291 offers in total, 266 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Tanbridge House School 5.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Forest School 7.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millais School 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Steyning Grammar School 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 12.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Midhurst Rother College 12.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 12.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 12.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published