Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry775 applications · 292 places offered · 340 named it first
- 2026 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.1
- This school
- West Sussex median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 292 | 775 | 2.7 | 340 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 301 | 841 | 2.8 | 349 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2024 | 304 | 874 | 2.9 | 344 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 298 | 847 | 2.8 | 371 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2022 | 299 | 905 | 3.0 | 301 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 297 | 967 | 3.3 | 341 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 297 | 1,110 | 3.7 | 387 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 | 301 | 1,015 | 3.4 | 406 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2018 | 326 | 1,076 | 3.3 | 390 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 | 319 | 909 | 2.9 | 374 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 298 | 815 | 2.7 | 318 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 299 | 862 | 2.9 | 357 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2014 | 301 | 815 | 2.7 | 336 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 297 | 56.0 | 58% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 298 | 54.2 | 59% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 299 | 53.1 | 59% | 80% | +0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 327 | 56.7 | 68% | 85% | +0.76 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Tanbridge House SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20242.7applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · West SussexGood20222.5applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · West SussexRemains Good20223.6applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · West SussexGood20233.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 10.9 km · West SussexGood20232.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · West SussexRemains Good20234.1applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · West SussexGood20221.4applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 126064 · 938/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,510 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Horsham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources