Secondary
Thomas Bennett Community College
Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5AD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1261 of 1450 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 113.3
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 1,271
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
April 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
22%
15 points below the Crawley average (37% across 5 schools)
33.1
10.1 below the Crawley average (43.2 across 5 schools)
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Crawley we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 33.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.93 |
| Entered the EBacc | 19% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% |
| A level average points per entry | 24.18 |
| A level students | 35 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20% |
| 22/23 | 19% |
| 23/24 | 22% |
| 24/25 | 22% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28.1 |
| 22/23 | 18.4 |
| 23/24 | 20.4 |
| 24/25 | 24.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.81 |
| 22/23 | -1.05 |
| 23/24 | -0.95 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.0 |
| 22/23 | 31.5 |
| 23/24 | 32.5 |
| 24/25 | 33.1 |
Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5AD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
West Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Daniel Hatley
- Address
- Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5AD
- Telephone
- 01293526255