Oathall Community College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.18 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oathall Community College is a secondary school in Haywards Heath, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Oathall Community College 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 | 1.18 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.18 miles away, the 6th shortest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the shortest of the 4 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 265 first-choice applications for 264 offers; 232 offers went to first-choice families, and 33 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in West Sussex.
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
- Appledore Gardens, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,341 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2023
Strengths
- “Oathall is a large, happy school community.”
- “The school’s ambitious values are reflected in pupils’ positive behaviour.”
- “Everyone is expected to participate in the life of the school.”
To improve
- “Pupils who need extra help with their learning receive it, but this support is not always as consistently effective as it needs to be.”
- “Following the disruption caused by COVID-19, it was identified that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with SEND were achieving less well.”
- “However, these have not yet been embedded across all subject areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 2023 (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) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.6 | 46 |
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: 265 first-preference applications, 264 offers in total, 232 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.
- Warden Park Secondary Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic College 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Burgess Hill Academy 4.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Downlands Community School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oriel High School 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 7.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 8.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 8.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published