Schools in Crawley
Crawley is a planned new town and its 44 schools map closely onto its distinct residential neighbourhoods - Three Bridges, Pound Hill, Maidenbower, Ifield, Langley Green and Broadfield each have their own primary feeder schools. West Sussex County Council coordinates maintained school admissions, publishing catchment boundaries and criteria each October.
Secondary school provision in Crawley includes Hazelwick, Oriel High, Thomas Bennett Community College and Ifield Community College. All are heavily oversubscribed in typical years; last-distance-offered for out-of-catchment applicants can be very short, so living in or near the defined catchment matters enormously.
Crawley's closeness to Gatwick and the M23 makes it attractive to commuter families, keeping sustained pressure on school places. Families who move into the area mid-year should contact West Sussex admissions promptly as in-year places are limited.
School demand in Crawley
Across the 40 schools in Crawley with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Crawley have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
21 of the schools in Crawley are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Surrey, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
13 of the schools in Crawley have a current Ofsted rating, of which 12 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Crawley: 4 oversubscribed (29)
West Green Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH11 7EL
Three Bridges Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 1QG
Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 7EB
Fairway Infant School, Copthorne
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 3QD
Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 7RA
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Crawley · RH10 6HD
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Crawley · RH10 6NU
Brook Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 7JE
Maidenbower Junior School
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 7RA
Langley Green Primary
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH11 7PF
Northgate Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 8DX
The Bewbush Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Crawley · RH11 8XW
Broadfield Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Crawley · RH11 9PD
The Oaks Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 5DP
Seymour Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 9ES
Hilltop Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 8QL
The Mill Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Crawley · RH11 0EL
Forge Wood Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Crawley · RH10 3SW
Pound Hill Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 7EB
Gossops Green Primary
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 8HW
Desmond Anderson Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 5EA
Southgate Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Crawley · RH10 6DG
Waterfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 8RA
Milton Mount Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 3AG
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 7PZ
Woodgate Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 9GT
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 0AQ
Crawley Down Village CofE School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 4XA
Turners Hill Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 4PA
Secondary Schools in Crawley (6)
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Crawley · RH11 8PG
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Crawley · RH11 8JE
Oriel High School
Secondary · Community school
Crawley · RH10 7XW
Hazelwick School
Secondary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 1SX
Thomas Bennett Community College
Secondary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH10 5AD
Ifield Community College
Secondary · Academy converter
Crawley · RH11 0DB
Other Schools in Crawley (9)
Copthorne Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Crawley · RH10 3HR
Cottesmore School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Crawley · RH11 9AU
Worth School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Crawley · RH10 4SD
Manor Green College
Not applicable · Community special school
Crawley · RH11 0DX
Manor Green Primary School
Not applicable · Community special school
Crawley · RH11 0DU
The Gatwick School
Special · Free schools
Crawley · RH10 9TP
Atelier21 Future School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Crawley · RH11 9RZ
Serenity School Crawley
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Crawley · RH10 1QQ
Amberley Court School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Crawley · RH11 7XL
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Crawley are set by Surrey and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.