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The Littlehampton Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,324Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • ChristianReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135745URN

Fitzalan Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6FE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.8 below West Sussex median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex

333 applications for 217 places · 35th of 40 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.3of 90
40th of 40 in West Sussex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 1 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below West Sussex median (2.3) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

333 applications · 217 places offered · 182 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.4
  9. 2018 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.4; West Sussex median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  13. 2014 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.1
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262173331.51820.84
Sep 20252183331.51930.89
Sep 20242583751.52330.90
Sep 20233314921.53150.95
Sep 20222774141.52460.89
Sep 20212563801.52460.96
Sep 20202644161.62250.85
Sep 20192654001.52400.91
Sep 20182453901.62350.96
Sep 20172473551.42390.97
Sep 20162013181.61980.99
Sep 20152333411.52220.95
Sep 20142503741.52400.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

241 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.340th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%38th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.69
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24136.333%54%–
2024/2523637.232%52%–
2023/2422837.330%48%−0.69
2022/2323933.820%43%−0.85

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

  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135745 · 938/6912
Trust
Woodard Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Christian
Capacity
1,900 pupils · 1,324 on roll
Free school meals
26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Littlehampton Community School,the (URN 126082)
Address
Fitzalan Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6FE
Local authority
West Sussex · Arun

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources