Graded inspection · May 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry476 applications · 67 places offered · 80 named it first
- 2026 7.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 5.3; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 7.4; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 7.3; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 7.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 9.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 9.9; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 11.9; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 7.3; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 4.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 4.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 3.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 4.3; West Sussex median median 2.1
- This school
- West Sussex median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.5 per place (146 applications for 59 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 67 | 476 | 7.1 | 80 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 98 | 521 | 5.3 | 102 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 67 | 498 | 7.4 | 97 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2023 | 68 | 498 | 7.3 | 97 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 70 | 530 | 7.6 | 67 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 538 | 9.0 | 43 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 65 | 646 | 9.9 | 65 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 67 | 796 | 11.9 | 84 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2018 | 94 | 688 | 7.3 | 114 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 94 | 455 | 4.8 | 101 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 120 | 499 | 4.2 | 117 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 121 | 472 | 3.9 | 145 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 91 | 391 | 4.3 | 97 | 1.07 |
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.) | 128 | 43.5 | 48% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 117 | 44.9 | 40% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 99 | 44.5 | 39% | 71% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 108 | 40.0 | 31% | 61% | −0.46 |
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
- Chichester Free SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20247.1applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · West SussexOutstanding20222.8applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · West SussexRemains Good20231.5applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · West SussexGood20222.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · West SussexStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · West Sussex20262.9applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 10.7 km · West Sussex20261.7applications per place 40.5Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 139668 · 938/4006
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 1,118 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 9 September 2013
- Address
- Hunston Road, Chichester, PO20 1NP
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Chichester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources