The Gatwick School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Crawley, RH10 9TP
- Distance
- 3.9km away
Oakwood School
Balcombe Road, Horley, RH6 9AE
Local ranking53rd of 57 secondary schools in Surrey
Ofsted: Needs attentionUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 February 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 328
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1600
- Boys
- 844 (52%)
- Girls
- 766 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1600 (101% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.3%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,299/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.2%
- White Other: 6.7%
- Black African: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
77.2%
White British
6.7%
White Other
3.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Balcombe Road
Horley, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 125273
- UKPRN
- 10016805
- Establishment No.
- 4465
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