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.
The school is housed in the former buildings of Bewbush County Middle School. The predecessor schools were Bewbush County First School and Bewbush County Middle School opening in Bewbush in 1978 and 1982 respectively.[1] These schools merged to become Bewbush Community Primary School in 2004, becoming an academy in April 2012.[2]
Broadfield East First School was opened on the site in 1978 to serve the extending neighbourhood of Broadfield, with the Middle School opening in adjacent buildings in 1986.[1] The schools were altered to cover the infant and junior ranges in 2004.[3] Following academisation in 2012,[4] the two schools combined under the current name in September 2016.[5]
Opened as an Infant school in 1958, with a Junior department opening the following year. It became First and Middle schools in 1971,[1] with the two merging in 1992. The school became a Primary again in 2004,[3] opening in new buildings in 2005. The school converted to academy status in February 2017 and became part of the University of Brighton Academies Trust.[6]
Opened in 2004[3] following the closure of the predecessor schools Gossops Green County Infant (opened 1968) and Gossops Green County Junior (opened 1969).[1]
Formed following the closure of Southgate West First and Southgate West Middle schools in 2004,[3] having previously opened in 1969 and 1970 respectively.[1] The school became an academy in September 2012.[8]
Formed in 2004 from the closure of the separate First and Middle Schools,[3] previously opened as Infant and Junior Schools in 1954, with the Infant school moving to a separate campus in 1979 when it merged with the Jordans Infant school already on that site.[1]
Maidenbower First School opened in 1992 to serve the new neighbourhood of Maidenbower. Pupils attended until the age of 8, but no middle school was opened until 1999. In the schools' reorganisation of 2004 the First school became an Infant school with nursery.[3]
Opened in 2004 following the closures of predecessor schools Ifield First School and Ifield Middle School.[3] The two schools had moved to a campus at Ifield Drive from former buildings in Rusper Road where they had opened in 1956, with the Middle School moving when changing from a Junior school in 1985,[1] and the First school following in 2001. It became an academy in September 2013 (TKAT).
A temporary primary school was opened in Northgate in 1952 to accommodate young children in the New town. Formal Infant and Junior Schools were opened in 1954 on Barnfield Road, becoming First and Middle schools respectively in 1971.[1] The schools closed in 2004 with a new Northgate Primary School opening in the joined buildings.[3]
Formed in 1997 from the merger of two previous schools with varied histories. The first school to be opened in Tilgate had been the Bishop Bell Infant School in 1958 with the Junior school opening in 1959. First and Middle Schools were opened in Furnace Green under the name of Robert May schools. Each school lost one section in 1979,[1] with the remaining sections closing in 1997 to be replaced by The Oaks Primary School. The school became an academy in September 2012.[9]
Opened in 1957. In 1970 the school became a First school feeding into the local catholic Middle schools.[1] Full primary status was restored when the middle schools were closed in 1997.
Opened in 1955 as part of Pound Hill Junior and Infants School, relocating in 1957. The infant department became a First school in 1971, reverting to Infant school in 2004.[1][3]
Opened in 1969 adjacent to the St Andrew's Church in Furnace Green. It was extended to become a First and Middle school in the early 1970s.[1] This change was reverted in 2004.[3]
Opened in 1950. It was re-housed in its current buildings in 1956 before coming a First school in 1971 feeding into the Holy Cross and Notre Dame middle schools.[1] Full primary status was returned in 1997.
Originally opened in 1971 as Broadfield North County First and Middle School.[1] In 1998 the school adopted the new name of Seymour First & Middle School, before being adapted to a primary school in 2004[3] and then converting to academy status in September 2012.[10]
Opened as a Junior and Infants school in 1956, becoming First and Middle in the early 1970s.[1] The two schools were merged in 2004 to form the current primary school.[3]
Opened as part of a primary school before the building of the New Town in the 1950s. In the 1960s the Infant department was separated, becoming a First school in 1971.[1] The school became an Infant school in 2004, following considerable opposition to a proposed merger with the adjoining middle school to form a primary school.[3]
Also part of the primary school before the 1950s. Following the 1960s separation the school became a Middle school in 1971,[1] and then a Junior school again in 2004.[3]
Opened in January 1985 as a First school catering for pupils aged between 5 and 8.[1] A nursery school was opened in the early 1990s, and the school became a through primary school in September 2004.[11]
Was the first school to be opened in the New town in 1951. The Junior department was closed in 1985 when the school became a First school. Full primary status was restored in 2004, following the scrapping of proposals to close the school.[3]
Opened in Gossops Green in 1967, with an official opening by The Queen in 1969.[1] It operated initially with two stages of entry: in Year 7 for primary schools around Crawley and Year 8 for pupils transferring from Crawley Middle schools. This was changed in 2004 to entry at age 11 for all pupils.[3]
The Ifield campus originally was home to Sarah Robinson Secondary Modern School and Ifield County Grammar School, opening in 1955 and 1956 respectively. The two schools merged to become a comprehensive in 1966.[1]
Opened in 2004 as part of a Private Finance Initiative arrangement linked to the change in age of transfer in Crawley Schools. Initially the school accommodated pupils aged 11 to 13, gradually extending with the expectation of becoming an 11-18 school with Sixth form by 2009.
Opened in 1952. In 1970 it became an Upper school accepting pupils from local catholic middle schools at age 13.[1] From 1997 it reverted to the full secondary age range.
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.
Formerly 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.
Formerly 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.
Opened 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.
Opened 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.
Opened 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.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaHudson, T.P. (Ed) (1987). "Crawley New Town: Education". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town. Victoria County History. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
^ abc"Details for Bishop Bell Middle School". Edubase: the informationsource for educational establishments. Department for Children, Schools & Families. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
^ ab"Details for Holy Cross RC School". Edubase: the informationsource for educational establishments. Department for Children, Schools & Families. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
^"Details for Notre Dame RC School". Edubase: the information source for educational establishments. Department for Children, Schools & Families. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
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