Oriel High School

Community schoolSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Matthews Drive, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7XW

Headteacher · Mr Philip Stack

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 6 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,441Capacity 1,450

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 18 March 2025

Free school meals15.2%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Inspection on 18 March 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through West Sussex council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

221 of the 247 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered260

Applications649

First choice247

First-choice offers221

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).