The Burgess Hill Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Burgess Hill, 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 🔒
The Burgess Hill Academy is a secondary school in Burgess Hill, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Burgess Hill Academy 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
- Year 7 entry in 2026: 102 first-choice applications for 239 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 137 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 48% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.6 (England 46).
- At 0.4 first choices per offer, Year 7 entry in 2026 had the lowest figure of the 37 West Sussex secondary schools.
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
- Station Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 956 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and welcoming at this school.”
- “Staff are committed to ensuring all pupils develop academically and personally.”
- “There is an increasing sense of pride across the school community.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle with the school’s high expectations for behaviour and attendance.”
- “Too many pupils receive suspensions or do not attend school regularly enough.”
- “The school has been through a period of turmoil but there is now a strong team in place.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 46 |
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: 102 first-preference applications, 239 offers in total, 102 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 Paul's Catholic College 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Downlands Community School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Warden Park Secondary Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oathall Community College 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shoreham Academy 9.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Steyning Grammar School 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 10.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Forest School 10.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published