Sackville School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · East Grinstead, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sackville School is a secondary school in East Grinstead, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sackville 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 13 of the 36 other West Sussex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 216 first-choice applications for 236 offers, and 20 went to families who ranked it second or lower; places ran out in 2 of the 3 earlier years.
- For Year 7 2026, 81 of the 488 applications (17%) came from families living outside West Sussex, and 34 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the A level average grade was C+ (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
- Lewes Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3TY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,525 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils to enjoy learning and achieve highly.”
- “Pupils benefit from the emphasis on developing skills and attitudes that support them to learn well.”
- “Across the school, pupils have a purposeful approach to learning.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, this does not clearly identify how well all pupils understand.”
- “While the school has clear expectations of pupils’ behaviour, some aspects are not consistently reinforced around the school.”
- “However, around the school, there are some inconsistencies in how staff address lower-level behaviours, such as pupils wearing incorrect uniform items, or using mobile phones outside of permitted areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 216 first-preference applications, 236 offers in total, 216 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.
- Imberhorne School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oriel High School 7.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hazelwick School 7.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 9.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oathall Community College 9.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 9.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 9.3 mi Good Last distance published