Downlands Community School is a maintained comprehensive for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has about 1200 pupils. In October 2022, Ofsted inspected the school and reported that the school was 'good' in all areas.[2]

The school is currently over capacity by over 55 students as of 22 January 2025 [3]

Location

The school is in the West Sussex village of Hassocks, and has a new maths block, a sports hall[4] and a generation three AstroTurf open air training pitch.[5] The sports hall and astroturf pitch are managed, on behalf of the school, by Freedom Leisure and are used by the local community after school hours.[6] [7]

Staff and governors

The current headteacher of the school is Mr Mark Wignall and the chair of governors is Diana Hunt.

Academic achievement

In 2016 the school achieved 76% of pupils with the equivalent of five or more GCSEs grade C or above including English and Maths.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (25 July 2022). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Downlands Community School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Downlands School Sports Hall, Hassocks | Education Projects | John Packer Associates". Jpa.uk.com.
  5. ^ Petworth Schools
  6. ^ "hassocks sports centre, freedom leisure hassocks, downlands community school". Freedom-leisure.co.uk.
  7. ^ Freedom Leisure | Hassocks | We'll show you how Archived 21 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Education | League Tables | Performance results for Downlands Community School". BBC News. 13 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Education | League Tables | Secondary schools in West Sussex". BBC News. 13 January 2010.


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