St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Crawley, West Sussex·RH11 8PG
Composite score
56.9
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#1,620
National rank
#249
In South East
#21
In West Sussex
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.76

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
60%
284 first choices, 175 places
First choices per place
1.62
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
719
any preference, for 175 places
Last place offered lived
4.53 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 7288 m
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4220221.2920231.3620241.6220251.622026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,174
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
31.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,336
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
153 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley

St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley is a secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,174 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.5 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.5 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 284 first choices for 175 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.53 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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