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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 19 April 2016Graded inspection: 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 entry844 applications · 205 places offered · 213 named it first
- 2026 4.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 4.4; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 4.7; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 4.3; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 5.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 5.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 5.5; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 6.1; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 4.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 4.4; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 4.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 4.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 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 | 205 | 844 | 4.1 | 213 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 | 896 | 4.4 | 246 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 958 | 4.7 | 259 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 890 | 4.3 | 236 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2022 | 211 | 1,088 | 5.2 | 268 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2021 | 203 | 1,123 | 5.5 | 263 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2020 | 209 | 1,146 | 5.5 | 295 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 1,256 | 6.1 | 378 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2018 | 233 | 1,132 | 4.9 | 300 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2017 | 209 | 927 | 4.4 | 242 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2016 | 192 | 763 | 4.0 | 160 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 | 175 | 746 | 4.3 | 145 | 0.83 |
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.) | 206 | 45.2 | 46% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 209 | 48.6 | 47% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 214 | 48.2 | 49% | 71% | +0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 225 | 47.8 | 41% | 67% | +0.08 |
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
- Worthing High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20254.1applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · West SussexRemains Good20233.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · West SussexGood20233.6applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · West SussexOutstanding20242.2applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · West SussexGood20221.8applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · West Sussex20261.9applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · West SussexGood20221.9applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · West Sussex20261.5applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139109 · 938/4110
- Trust
- South Downs Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,122 pupils · 1,050 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 December 2012
- Replaced
- Worthing High School (URN 126090)
- Address
- South Farm Road, Worthing, BN14 7AR
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Worthing
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources