Imberhorne School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · East Grinstead, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.60 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Imberhorne School is a secondary school in East Grinstead, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Imberhorne School 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 | 1.60 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.60 miles away, the 11th shortest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and it swung sharply between years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 270 first-choice applications for 270 offers; 250 offers went to first-choice families and 20 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and A level pupils averaged grade B- (England B-).
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
- Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 1QY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,558 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at school.”
- “Pupils treat each other with respect and appreciate the school’s focus on welcoming all.”
- “Staff work together to support pupils and take pride in understanding them well.”
To improve
- “While the identification of need is accurate, the resulting lesson adaptations are not always as effective as they could be.”
- “However, in a small number of lessons, activity choice does not always help all pupils to learn.”
- “This leads to some pupils becoming disengaged.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.1 | 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: 270 first-preference applications, 270 offers in total, 250 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.
- Sackville School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oriel High School 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hazelwick School 5.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 7.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 7.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Oathall Community College 9.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published