Oathall Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Warden Park Secondary Academy
Broad Street, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP
Local ranking10th of 40 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 60.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 292
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1538
- Boys
- 852 (55%)
- Girls
- 689 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (103% full)
- SEND
- 19.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.5%
- EAL
- 7.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,431/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.1%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
80.1%
White British
5.8%
White Other
2.5%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Broad Street
Haywards Heath, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137416
- UKPRN
- 10035029
- Establishment No.
- 4103
- Trust
- SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST
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