Overall Oxbridge
#846
5 ranked schools · +68 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
33
Offers
8
Offer rate24.2%
+1.8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
One of England's first designated post-war New Towns, Crawley was remade under the 1946 Act from a coaching-road market town into a planned borough that now counts around 118,000 residents across West Sussex. The town gained market rights in 1202, grew as a coaching stop on the London-to-Brighton road, and absorbed a rail link in 1841; its outer southern edge still borders the High Weald.
Three Bridges is among the most competitive postcodes for school catchments in the borough, alongside Maidenbower, which draws families targeting primary places to its south-east. Turners Hill sits at the southern borough boundary, where Crawley meets the High Weald National Landscape, and is known for its sought-after school catchments. Southgate and Langley Green complete the central residential arc. From Three Bridges station, Southern and Thameslink services reach London Bridge and London Victoria in around forty minutes on the Brighton Main Line.
Area Performance
Across 43 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.30/10, -0.13 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Crawley schools
Crawley vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Crawley schools
top 53% of 14,873
top 53% of 14,873
top 54% of 3,671
top 54% of 3,671
top 65% of 2,262
top 65% of 2,262
Overall Oxbridge
5 ranked schools · +68 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
33
Offers
8
Oxford
2 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
11
Offers
0
Cambridge
5 ranked schools · +186 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
22
Offers
8
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