Warden Park Secondary Academy
Academy converter in Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP, taking ages 11 to 16, 1,541 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.26 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every West Sussex school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 1.26 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Warden Park Secondary Academy: 1.26 miles, 2025/26 Harlands Primary School: 0.87 miles, 2025/26, published by West Sussex
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Warden Park Secondary Academy 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 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 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 Warden Park Secondary Academy and Harlands Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Harlands Primary School admitted from 0.87 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 1.26 and 0.87 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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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Warden Park Secondary Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlands Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.87 mi 2025/26 | 1.1 mi |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.83 mi 2025/26 | 1.5 mi |
| Oathall Community College Both in reach | Secondary | 1.18 mi 2025/26 | 1.8 mi |
| Blackthorns Community Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.97 mi 2025/26 | 2.0 mi |
| Lindfield Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.85 mi 2025/26 | 2.2 mi |
| Northlands Wood Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.88 mi 2025/26 | 2.4 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 1,541 pupils in 1,500 places (103% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST |
| Local authority | West Sussex |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, June 2026: 4 areas strong or exceptional, 2 at the expected standard |
| Report card |
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| Attainment 8 | 52.4 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.28 |
| 2022/23 | +0.30 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Warden Park Secondary Academy
| Girls and boys | 44.7% girls, 55.3% boys |
| English as an additional language | 7.1% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 12.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Warden Park Secondary Academy's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 4.5% |
| Sixth-form college | 51.7% |
| Further education college | 31.0% |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4% |
| Employment | 2.4% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 3.4% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
Getting to Warden Park Secondary Academy by bus
Best-served stop: The Wheatsheaf, 0.1 mi away, with 2.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:26, last 22:26.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warden Park School | 94 yd | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 271, 62, 166, 31, 31B, 33 |
| The Wheatsheaf | 0.1 mi | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 271, 31, 62, 33, 166, 33A |
| The Wheatsheaf | 0.1 mi | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 271, 31, 62, 166, 31B, 33 |
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
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Warden Park Secondary Academy?
Warden Park Secondary Academy 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 1.26 miles away, per West Sussex.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Warden Park Secondary Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.26 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 103% 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 Warden Park Secondary Academy guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings 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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Admission distance published by West Sussex. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.