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 |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 29 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry577 applications · 265 places offered · 296 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 5.6; 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 | 265 | 577 | 2.2 | 296 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2025 | 269 | 495 | 1.8 | 249 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 268 | 516 | 1.9 | 256 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 268 | 523 | 2.0 | 273 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 264 | 502 | 1.9 | 242 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 268 | 540 | 2.0 | 253 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 270 | 597 | 2.2 | 271 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 269 | 586 | 2.2 | 260 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 270 | 583 | 2.2 | 283 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 258 | 492 | 1.9 | 238 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 245 | 465 | 1.9 | 229 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 229 | 442 | 1.9 | 222 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 169 | 5.6 | 63 | 2.10 |
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.) | 268 | 50.8 | 56% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 258 | 52.1 | 57% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 257 | 51.3 | 60% | 77% | +0.34 |
| 2022/23 | 259 | 54.4 | 62% | 79% | +0.45 |
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
- Davison Church of England High School for Girls, WorthingThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20242.2applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · West SussexGood20233.6applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · West SussexRemains Good20233.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · West SussexStandards maintained20254.1applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · West Sussex20261.9applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · West SussexGood20221.8applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · West SussexOutstanding20241.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · West Sussex20261.5applications per place 48.0Attainment 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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 126093 · 938/4502
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,350 pupils · 1,334 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Worthing
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources