The Gatwick School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 44 44.0 2025/26[2]
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 59% 59% 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 44 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 42.3% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 7.2% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.42 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 39.7[6] | 30.4%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 37.4[4] | 27.9%[4] | -0.42[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 34.8[7] | 24%[7] | -0.94[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 35.4[8] | 23%[8] | -0.73[8] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 59% 2024/25[3]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 2% 2024/25[3]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 106 2024/25[3]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 104 2024/25[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 42%[9] | 4%[9] | 103[9] | 100[9] |
| 2022/23 | 48%[10] | 7%[10] | 103[10] | 103[10] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 93% 2022/23[11]
- School sixth form
- 3% 2022/23[11]
- Sixth-form college
- 39% 2022/23[11]
- Further education college
- 48% 2022/23[11]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[11]
- Employment
- 3% 2022/23[11]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 96%[12] | 10%[12] | 35%[12] | 44%[12] | 2%[12] | 6%[12] |
| 2020/21 | 94%[13] | 15%[13] | 40%[13] | 33%[13] | 2%[13] | 4%[13] |
| 2019/20 | 94%[14] | 9%[14] | 31%[14] | 50%[14] | 1%[14] | 1%[14] |
| 2018/19 | 90%[15] | 10%[15] | 33%[15] | 35%[15] | 2%[15] | 10%[15] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 1 May 2024[16]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[16]
- Report published
- 9 Jun 2024[16]
- Personal development
- Good[16]
- Quality of education
- Good[16]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[16]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[16]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[16]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Good[16]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[16]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 3.5 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- Applications (any preference)
- 211 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- First preferences
- 23 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- Places offered
- 61 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- First preferences per place
- 0.4 Entry Sept 2026[19]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 253[19] | 32[19] | 76[19] | 3.3[19] | 0.4[19] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 197[19] | 15[19] | 41[19] | 4.8[19] | 0.4[19] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 298[19] | 35[19] | 68[19] | 4.4[19] | 0.5[19] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 397[19] | 46[19] | 63[19] | 6.3[19] | 0.7[19] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.3 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- Applications (any preference)
- 57 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- First preferences
- 20 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- Places offered
- 25 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- First preferences per place
- 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[19]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 57[19] | 24[19] | 44[19] | 1.3[19] | 0.5[19] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 51[19] | 18[19] | 26[19] | 2.0[19] | 0.7[19] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 66[19] | 15[19] | 27[19] | 2.4[19] | 0.6[19] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 84[19] | 31[19] | 38[19] | 2.2[19] | 0.8[19] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[20]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 4–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1020[1]
- Trust
- AURORA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- West Sussex[1]
- Website
- https://www.thegatwickschool.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Crawley[21]
- Postcode
- RH10 9TP[1]
- URN
- 141038[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 846 2024/25[22]
- English as an additional language
- 32.2% 2024/25[22]
- SEN support
- 14% 2024/25[22]
- EHC plan
- 3.7% 2024/25[22]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 20.5% 2024/25[22]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 54%[23]
- Mixed
- 12.1%[23]
- Asian
- 18%[23]
- Black
- 10%[23]
- Any other ethnic group
- 3.3%[23]
- Unclassified
- 2.7%[23]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
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Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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gatwickschool.reactfiles.co.uk: gatwickschool.reactfiles.co.uk — TGS Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
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The deadline for applications to secondary schools is 31 October 2026. (p. 3)
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