Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry147 applications · 116 places offered · 111 named it first
- 2026 1.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 1.3; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.3; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 1.1; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.4; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 116 | 147 | 1.3 | 111 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 117 | 157 | 1.3 | 122 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 100 | 125 | 1.3 | 84 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 134 | 142 | 1.1 | 93 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 98 | 153 | 1.6 | 92 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 95 | 140 | 1.5 | 88 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 87 | 142 | 1.6 | 83 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 104 | 141 | 1.4 | 94 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 75 | 145 | 1.9 | 74 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 66 | 105 | 1.6 | 66 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 54 | 93 | 1.7 | 46 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 71 | 96 | 1.4 | 68 | 0.96 |
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.) | 94 | 38.3 | 33% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 88 | 38.0 | 39% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 105 | 40.2 | 26% | 53% | −0.25 |
| 2022/23 | 84 | 37.5 | 23% | 44% | −0.44 |
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
- The Academy, SelseyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · West SussexRemains Good20231.5applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · West SussexGood20247.1applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · West SussexOutstanding20222.8applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · West SussexStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 14.6 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · West SussexGood20222.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 15.0 km · West Sussex20262.9applications per place 53.0Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137096 · 938/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 523 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Manhood Community College (URN 126073)
- Address
- School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 9EH
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Chichester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources