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Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley

Voluntary aided school in Crawley, RH11 8JE, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,340 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Dec 2023
1.16 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
102% Full, over capacity
41.7 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.16 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.16 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley: 1.16 miles, 2025/26 Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School: 0.29 miles, 2025/26, published by West Sussex

This is not a catchment area. 1.16 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from West Sussex. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: West Sussex, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley and Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School admitted from 0.29 miles in 2025/26, published by West Sussex. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.16 and 0.29 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In West Sussex, 60 of 353 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (17.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley Both in reach Secondary 4.53 mi 2025/26 0.4 mi
Ifield Community College Both in reach Secondary 1.26 mi 2025/26 0.8 mi
West Green Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.66 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.3 mi 2025/26 1.1 mi
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley Both in reach Primary 1.27 mi 2025/26 1.2 mi
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.29 mi 2025/26 1.5 mi

The distance as a picture

Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley catchment area map: the 1.16 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterChurch of England
Sixth formHas a sixth form
How full 1,340 pupils in 1,308 places (102% full, over capacity)
Local authorityWest Sussex

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 14 December 2023
Attainment 8 41.7 (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 -0.31
2022/23 -0.39

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley

Girls and boys47.8% girls, 52.2% boys
English as an additional language34.2% of pupils
Free school meals29.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form53.6%
Sixth-form college10.5%
Further education college24.4%
Apprenticeship1.9%
Employment2.4%
No sustained destination recorded5.7%

DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.

What it costs to live within reach of Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley

Cheapest district inside the 1.16 miles: RH11, median £375,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
RH11 Crawley 0.3 mi £375,000 68 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.16 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley by bus

Best-served stop: Cheals Roundabout, 0.1 mi away, with 5.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:48, last 00:03 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Holy Trinity School118 yd0.70.00.0398, 692, 693, 281, 610
Admiral Walk0.1 mi1.91.50.923, 23X
Jewel Walk0.1 mi1.91.50.923, 23X

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around RH11: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at RH11 8JE, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley?

Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.16 miles away, per West Sussex.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.16 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 102% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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