List of schools in Crawley, West Sussex


Education in Crawley, West Sussex is co-ordinated by West Sussex County Council. Since 2004, provision for compulsory education has been made wholly through primary and secondary schools, following the closure of the town's Middle schools earlier that year. Each neighbourhood in the town has at least one Primary school, while Secondary schools are distributed around the town on larger campuses.

Primary schools

Secondary schools

All-through schools

Special schools

Further education

Each of the local Secondary schools has a Sixth form attached. Further education is also provided at Central Sussex College formerly opened as Crawley Technical College in 1958.

Former schools

Note: where schools have been replaced by a school with a comparable name, these are not recorded, e.g. Bewbush Middle School is now Bewbush Primary School.
NameStatusOpen DateClosure DateNotes
Bishop Bell First SchoolInfant / First19581979Infant until 1974. Closed in 1979 with pupils transferring to the nearby Robert May First school.
Bishop Bell Middle SchoolJunior / Middle19581997Junior until 1974. Received pupils from closed Robert May Middle school from 1979–1997. Closed as part of merger to form The Oaks Primary in 1997.
Broadfield East Infant SchoosInfant / First19782016Separate infant school merged with neighbouring junior to form Broadfield Primary Academy.
Broadfield East Junior SchoolJunior / Middle19862016Separate junior school merged with neighbouring infant to form Broadfield Primary Academy.
Catherington Special SchoolSpecial School19712004Formerly a school for children aged 2–19 with severe learning difficulties. Merged with Deerswood in 2004, to form Manor Green special schools for wide spectrum disabilities.
Deerswood Special SchoolSpecial School19582004Formerly a school for children aged 2–19 with moderate learning difficulties. Merged with Catherington in 2004, to form Manor Green special schools for wide spectrum disabilities.
Holy Cross Roman Catholic SchoolIntermediate19701996Moved to new buildings in Ifield in the early 1980s but closed in 1996 when the diocese reverted to two-tier education.
Ifield First SchoolInfant / First19562004Opened in Rusper Road, relocating to share the Middle school campus in 2001, before closing in 2004 as part of age of transfer changes. Replaced by The Mill Primary school.
Ifield Middle SchoolJunior / Middle19562004Opened in Rusper Road, relocating to the former Henry Pelham campus of Ifield School in 1985 on becoming a middle school. Closed as part of age of transfer changes. Replaced by The Mill Primary school.
Jordans Junior & Infant SchoolPrimary school19581979Merged with Langley Green Infant school, remaining on its site at Martyr's Avenue.
Notre Dame Roman Catholic SchoolIntermediate19681996Opened as a girls' secondary school, but by 1970 became a middle-deemed-secondary school for pupils aged 9 to 13. The school closed as part of the diocese's decision to reorganise schools locally.
Robert May First SchoolInfant / First19641997Opened as Robert May County Junior and Infants School. Became First in 1974. Closed in 1997 in merger to form The Oaks Primary School.
Robert May Middle SchoolJunior / Middle19641979Opened as Robert May County Junior and Infants School. Became Middle in 1974, closing in 1979, pupils transferring to Bishop Bell Middle School.
Sarah Robinson Secondary Modern SchoolSecondary19561966Closed upon merger with Ifield Grammar school to form comprehensive.
Discovery New SchoolPrimary20112014Founded in 2010 and opened in September 2011 in a fully refurbished Broadfield House, a Grade II-listed villa in Broadfield Park. It was a Free school run in line with Montessori educational principles. It was the first free school in England to close in 2014.