Oriel High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Crawley, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.05 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oriel High School is a secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Oriel High 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 | 1.05 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 1.05 miles away, the 4th shortest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 247 first-choice applications for 260 offers; 221 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and its Attainment 8 score was 45.4 (England 46).
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
- Matthews Drive, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7XW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Oriel High School provides an orderly environment for learning.”
- “Pupils of different ages and backgrounds get on well together on this large campus.”
- “Pupils are respectful of their surroundings, for example they are careful around displays of artwork in corridors.”
To improve
- “The proportion of pupils taking the subjects which make up the English Baccalaureate at GCSE level is below the national average.”
- “This is due to a lower-than-national number of pupils who take modern foreign languages.”
- “On occasion, this is not the case.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2025 (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) | 45.4 | 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: 247 first-preference applications, 260 offers in total, 221 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.
- Hazelwick School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Imberhorne School 5.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Warden Park Secondary Academy 7.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millais School 7.1 mi Good Last distance published