Graded inspection · Apr 2025 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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 29 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 5 May 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 entry681 applications · 172 places offered · 289 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 4.0; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 3.8; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 172 | 681 | 4.0 | 289 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 624 | 3.5 | 239 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2024 | 177 | 700 | 4.0 | 306 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 181 | 661 | 3.7 | 289 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 636 | 3.5 | 255 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 491 | 2.8 | 201 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 633 | 3.5 | 196 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 147 | 563 | 3.8 | 194 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 135 | 409 | 3.0 | 129 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 124 | 392 | 3.2 | 141 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 | 111 | 311 | 2.8 | 92 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 | 109 | 319 | 2.9 | 96 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 | 106 | 211 | 2.0 | 97 | 0.92 |
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.) | 185 | 57.2 | 66% | 87% | – |
| 2024/25 | 195 | 55.1 | 60% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 185 | 54.1 | 58% | 83% | +0.89 |
| 2022/23 | 147 | 55.5 | 60% | 86% | +0.97 |
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
- St Oscar Romero Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · West SussexGood20221.8applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · West SussexGood20221.9applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · West SussexStandards maintained20254.1applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · West SussexRemains Good20233.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · West SussexGood20233.6applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · West SussexOutstanding20242.2applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · West Sussex20261.5applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · West Sussex20261.9applications per place 44.6Attainment 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 aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 126096 · 938/4603
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,144 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 5AF
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Worthing
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources