Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry506 applications · 291 places offered · 273 named it first
- 2026 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 3.6; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 3.6; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 2.2; 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 | 291 | 506 | 1.7 | 273 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 301 | 591 | 2.0 | 312 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 305 | 539 | 1.8 | 294 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 294 | 531 | 1.8 | 311 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 300 | 629 | 2.1 | 349 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2021 | 299 | 628 | 2.1 | 322 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 320 | 763 | 2.4 | 323 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 | 300 | 1,085 | 3.6 | 327 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 300 | 1,082 | 3.6 | 332 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2017 | 300 | 751 | 2.5 | 307 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 266 | 712 | 2.7 | 293 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 | 271 | 698 | 2.6 | 308 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 267 | 573 | 2.2 | 258 | 0.97 |
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.) | 293 | 50.8 | 52% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 296 | 47.1 | 48% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 293 | 51.2 | 52% | 75% | +0.44 |
| 2022/23 | 297 | 49.2 | 52% | 69% | +0.31 |
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
- Weald School, TheThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · West SussexOutstanding20242.7applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · West SussexRemains Good20223.6applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · West SussexGood20222.5applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 13.7 km · West SussexGood20233.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 14.3 km · SurreyGood20231.3applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · West Sussex20261.5applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 19.8 km · West SussexGood20232.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 20.2 km · West SussexOutstanding20242.0applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 126068 · 938/4025
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,812 pupils · 1,800 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Horsham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources