Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Crawley, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.16 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley is a secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary 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 | 1.16 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.16 miles away, the 5th shortest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years, most between 2024 and 2025.
- Year 7 2026: 159 first-choice applications for 235 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 76 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); 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
- Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green, Crawley, RH11 8JE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,340 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “This highly inclusive school has a strong sense of community.”
- “One member of staff described it as a ‘culture of fellowship’.”
- “Pupils like and trust their teachers.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that pupils have not always achieved as well as they should in the past.”
- “Previous difficulties in recruiting staff had been of concern.”
- “The school recognises that more pupils would benefit from studying an even more ambitious curriculum, such as represented by the English Baccalaureate (EBacc).”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.7 | 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: 159 first-preference applications, 235 offers in total, 159 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.
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oriel High School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hazelwick School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Millais School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Forest School 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tanbridge House School 6.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published