Voluntary aided school

Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Church of EnglandWest Sussex, South East · Crawley RH11 8JESchool website
Pupils on roll
1,340of 1,308 places
Free school meals
32.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
206
Ofsted
Good, 8 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 at Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley in 2023, 54% stayed on in Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley’s own sixth form (West Sussex average 26%), 24% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 122 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 37% went to university (West Sussex 28%, England 37%), and 9% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

A level grades average C-, well below the England average of B-; 6% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Sociology, Psychology and Business Studies.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in West Sussex and England.

This school
West Sussex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Pupils in the cohort2098,692607,348
Any sustained destination93%94%92%
Stayed in education89%88%86%
— school sixth form54%26%34%
— sixth form college11%20%13%
— further education college24%41%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment2%3%3%
No sustained destination6%5%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
West Sussex
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Students in the cohort1227,988541,441
Any sustained destination81%78%79%
University (higher education)37%28%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students9%14%19%
Further education1%6%5%
Apprenticeship2%6%7%
Employment36%38%28%
No sustained destination13%15%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)41.746.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects7%37%41%
EBacc average point score3.384.074.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort27%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.031.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.049.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language36%11%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics20399%88%10%22%61%
English Language20399%89%10%20%68%
English Literature19394%86%11%21%72%
Religious Studies19394%31%22%32%64%
Combined Science18389%65%5%9%54%
History7838%41%15%26%65%
Geography7637%41%12%25%49%
Business Studies5225%18%6%20%44%
Computer Science3718%13%8%30%59%
French3115%18%26%29%74%
Physical Education2512%11%20%24%88%
Psychology2311%3%17%22%87%
Fine Art2311%9%22%28%78%
Design and Technology2311%11%13%23%65%
Photography199%6%26%19%63%
Chemistry126%23%58%47%100%
Physics126%23%75%46%100%
Biology126%23%58%45%100%
Drama115%7%9%27%55%
Music105%5%0%33%30%
Dance73%1%0%27%29%
Portuguese21%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills4666%
Small Business Management3854%
Sports Studies1623%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1623%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1217%
Tourism1014%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study235
— of whom A level students703,581261,341
Average A level gradeC-C+B-
Average points per A level entry25.9533.9935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects6%16%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sociology2637%13%
Psychology2029%23%
Business Studies1420%13%
History1420%13%
English Literature1217%11%
Computer Science1014%5%
Biology913%20%
Mathematics811%31%
Religious Studies710%4%
Geography710%10%
Economics69%13%
Chemistry69%17%
Fine Art3%
Photography3%
D and T Textiles Technology0%
Electronics0%
Further Mathematics5%
Media Studies4%
Physics12%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*1826%
Law / Legal StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1420%
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 31420%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1014%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*710%
Speech and DramaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 369%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*69%
SociologyGCE AS level (All)
ElectronicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
SociologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3
Sports StudiesBTEC National Foundation Diploma L3 - Band H - P-D*
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3
Speech and DramaOCR Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma at Level 3
Applied SciencesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)
ElectronicsGCE AS level (All)

Other secondary schools in West Sussex

Chichester High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,191 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.