Oathall Community College, Haywards Heath

In 2026, pupils at Oathall Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in West Sussex and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in West Sussex and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 51.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.28: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.2, against 54.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 265 families put Oathall Community College as their first choice and 684 named it as one of their preferences, for 264 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 33 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Oathall Community College are Warden Park Secondary Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55); St Paul's Catholic College (3.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.8); The Burgess Hill Academy (4.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.7); and Chailey School (5.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.7).

Oathall Community College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 234 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

14.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 295 pupils (22%) received SEN support and 45 (3.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Haywards Heath Rail Station, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Appledore Gardens (n-bound), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oathall Community College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Oathall Community College issued 188 suspensions, 14.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Oathall Community College are Blackthorns Community Primary School (0.3 miles), Lindfield Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Warden Park Primary Academy (0.5 miles) and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.