St Paul's Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.59 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Paul's Catholic College is a secondary school in Burgess Hill, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's Catholic College 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 | 1.59 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
- In 2026 for Year 7, the last child offered a place lived 1.59 miles away, the 9th shortest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025 and in 2023, and the shortest of the 4 years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 268 first-choice applications for 173 offers, with 170 offers to first-choice families and 98 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 55.5 (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
- Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from attending this inclusive and exceptional school.”
- “They recognise the high expectations leaders have for them and constantly strive to meet them.”
- “Pupils are highly motivated and ambitious to achieve as much as possible.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 64% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 268 first-preference applications, 173 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.
- The Burgess Hill Academy 1.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Warden Park Secondary Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Downlands Community School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oathall Community College 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Steyning Grammar School 9.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Forest School 9.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 9.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Millais School 9.5 mi Good Last distance published