Overall Oxbridge
#818
2 ranked schools · +96 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
15
Offers
5
Offer rate33.3%
+10.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Victorian terraces and post-war suburban estates give Burgess Hill its settled character, spreading across the West Sussex clay plain towards the northern edge of the South Downs National Park. The town holds around 32,000 residents today.
Queen Elizabeth Avenue is among the most sought-after addresses for primary catchments, while the town draws families who value its mid-Sussex state school offer and compact, self-contained geography. Birchwood Grove and Southway extend the quieter southern residential quarters, and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve marks the north-western edge before Southern trains from Burgess Hill station reach Brighton in around eighteen minutes.
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Special
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Area Performance
Across 12 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.77/10, +0.31 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Burgess Hill schools
Burgess Hill vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Burgess Hill schools
top 41% of 14,978
top 41% of 14,978
top 26% of 3,862
top 26% of 3,862
top 16% of 2,555
top 16% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · +96 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
15
Offers
5
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
5
Offers
0
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · +503 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
10
Offers
5
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Burgess Hill
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