Living in Haywards Heath with children
Haywards Heath, West Sussex and East Sussex. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 40,186 people in 17,058 households; 31.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
22 schools: 17 state primary, 2 state secondary, 3 privateHaywards Heath on the schools map →Every school in Haywards Heath, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (17)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield | School remains Good | Top 4% (8/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Handcross Primary School | School remains Good | Top 5% (10/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Blackthorns Community Primary School | Some aspects not as strong | Top 9% (18/202) in West Sussex | 1.974 miles (2026) |
| St Augustine's CofE Primary School | Good | Top 14% (28/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Bolnore Village Primary School | School remains Good | Top 19% (38/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Lindfield Primary Academy | Outstanding | Top 22% (43/202) in West Sussex | 0.852 miles (2026) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 31% (62/202) in West Sussex | 0.829 miles (2026) |
| Northlands Wood Primary Academy | Standards maintained | Top 32% (63/202) in West Sussex | 0.881 miles (2026) |
| St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 42% (83/202) in West Sussex | 0.965 miles (2025) |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 43% (86/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Balcombe Cofe Primary School | Good | Top 44% (88/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Warden Park Primary Academy | Some aspects not as strong | (105/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Harlands Primary School | School remains Good | (126/202) in West Sussex | 0.868 miles (2026) |
| Danehill Church of England Primary School | School remains Good (Concerns) | (93/137) in East Sussex | — |
| St. Mark's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (163/202) in West Sussex | — |
| St Giles CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | (192/202) in West Sussex | — |
| Bolney CofE Primary School | Good | (196/202) in West Sussex | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warden Park Secondary Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 15% (6/40) in West Sussex | — |
| Oathall Community College | School remains Good | Top 25% (10/40) in West Sussex | — |
Private schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardingly College | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 38% (3/8) in West Sussex | — |
| Brighton College Prep Handcross | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Cumnor House School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (150 detached, 145 semi-detached, 110 terraced, 155 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Haywards Heath. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Haywards Heath →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 73% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 1,654 postcodes in RH17, RH16. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 17 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 8 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 28 in West Sussex.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, West Sussex
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: West Sussex · East Sussex.
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