Downlands Community School
Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,250 (644 boys, 606 girls)
- Capacity: 1200
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 8.2%
- Telephone: 01273845892
- Ofsted: Good (4 Oct 2022); report card, no overall grade (inspected 7 Jul 2026)
- Attainment 8: 58.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 499 applications, 241 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in West Sussex
- The Windmills Junior School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- Hassocks Infant School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- London Meed Community Primary School (2 miles, straight line)
- St Lawrence CofE Primary School (2 miles, straight line)
- The Burgess Hill Academy (2.1 miles, straight line)
- Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill (2.2 miles, straight line)
