St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Crawley, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.53 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley is a secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 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 | 4.53 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 4.53 miles away, the 5th longest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance swung sharply, most of all from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 284 first-choice applications for 175 offers; 170 offers went to first-choice families, and 114 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level 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
- St Wilfrid's Way, Crawley, RH11 8PG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Wilfrid’s are proud to be part of a big community that shares strong values.”
- “Pupils and parents say that this is ‘their’ school.”
- “Diverse backgrounds are celebrated in a safe environment.”
To improve
- “However, the proportion of pupils taking a modern foreign language, as well as history or geography, is particularly low.”
- “Some staff do not consistently have high enough expectations, and teaching activities sometimes do not help all pupils, especially the most able, to learn the ambitious curriculum.”
- “This means that some pupils do not always learn as much as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.5 | 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: 284 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 170 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.
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazelwick School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oriel High School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millais School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Forest School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tanbridge House School 7.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published