Ifield Community College
Crawley Avenue, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0DB
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Ifield Community College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr Dan Conlon
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,250
- Pupils on roll
- 1,204
- URN
- 126071
- Local authority
- West Sussex
About this school
Ifield Community College was a community secondary school in Crawley. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,204 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ifield Community College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 167 | 200 | 208 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.6 | 41.0 | 40.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.48 -0.70 to -0.25 | -0.20 -0.40 to +0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 28% | 21.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 54.5% | 54.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 35% | 38.5% | 45.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ifield Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.6 | 37.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.2 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,202 |
| 2023/24 | 1,221 |
| 2024/25 | 1,204 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ifield Community College compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.2 | 10.9% | 30.9% | 1,204 | — |
| Ifield Community College | — | — | — | 1,214 | 0.0 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley | 45.5 | 6.5% | 16% | 1,174 | 0.6 miles |
| Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley | 41.7 | 12% | 32.4% | 1,340 | 0.8 miles |
| Thomas Bennett Community College | 33.1 | 11.6% | 37.8% | 1,261 | 1.5 miles |
| Hazelwick School | 50.2 | 6.6% | 18.7% | 1,913 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.85%
- English as an additional language
- 21.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.88%
- Persistent absence
- 31.44%
Location
Nearby schools
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Ifield Community College0.0 miles
Secondary · Crawley
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St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley0.6 miles
Secondary · Crawley
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Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley0.8 miles
Secondary · Crawley
-
Thomas Bennett Community College1.5 miles
Secondary · Crawley
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Hazelwick School2.0 miles
Secondary · Crawley
Other schools in Crawley
- Hazelwick School Secondary
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley Secondary
- Ifield Community College Secondary
- Oriel High School Secondary
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley Secondary
- Thomas Bennett Community College Secondary
- Broadfield Primary Academy Primary
- Brook Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Crawley Down Village CofE School Primary
- Desmond Anderson Primary Academy Primary
- Fairway Infant School, Copthorne Primary
- Forge Wood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Ifield Community College teach?
- Ifield Community College taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Crawley.
- Has Ifield Community College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ifield Community College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Ifield Community College?
- Ifield Community College had 1,204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Ifield Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.6 in 2022/23 and 40.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ifield Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ifield Community College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.