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Sackville School

URN
126089
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Sackville School
URN
126089
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

63 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

57

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

62

Destinations

60

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#21 of 37 schools in West Sussex

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Offer probability
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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
19 June 2024
Inspection date
9 May 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 19 June 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

263

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

517

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

263

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.97×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
West Sussex
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (West Sussex)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.sackville.w-sussex.sch.uk/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

46.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

40.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

69.4%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

34.7%

EBacc achievement

Location

RH19 3TY - Lewes Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex

Contact details

Address
Lewes Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex
Postcode
RH19 3TY
Phone
1342410140
Website
http://www.sackville.w-sussex.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
West Sussex
Local authority code
938

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 600 schools in West Sussex.

Authority statistics

Total schools

600

Open schools

339

Closed schools

261

Primary schools

357

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 June 20249 May 2024-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 19 June 2024
    • School remains Good

      Published
      19 June 2024
      Inspected
      9 May 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    50.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 241

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    14.4%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    34.3

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.06

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    17.4%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    87.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    62

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary357 (59.9%)
    • Secondary62 (10.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other177 (29.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Estcots Primary School71 mPrimaryOpen
    The Manor School658 mNot applicableClosed
    The Meads Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Blackwell Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Blackwell County Junior School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Blackwell Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Blackwell Infant School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Kingsway School1.6 kmNot applicableClosed
    St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Grinstead1.8 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Estcots Primary School
      Distance
      71 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • The Manor School
      Distance
      658 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • The Meads Primary School
      Distance
      1.3 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Blackwell Primary School
      Distance
      1.3 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (West Sussex)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bishop Luffa Church of England School, ChichesterSecondaryPO19 3LTClosed
    Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterSecondaryPO19 3HPOpen
    Bohunt School WorthingSecondaryBN14 8AHOpen
    Boundstone Community CollegeSecondaryBN15 9QZClosed
    Bourne Community CollegeSecondaryPO10 8PJOpen
    • Bishop Luffa Church of England School, Chichester
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      PO19 3LT
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      PO19 3HP
      Status
      Open
    • Bohunt School Worthing
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BN14 8AH
      Status
      Open
    • Boundstone Community College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BN15 9QZ
      Status
      Closed
    Blackwell County Junior School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Blackwell Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Blackwell Infant School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kingsway School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Grinstead
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Bourne Community College
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    PO10 8PJ
    Status
    Open