Graded inspection · Nov 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 | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry368 applications · 151 places offered · 92 named it first
- 2026 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2015 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 2.7; 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 | 151 | 368 | 2.4 | 92 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2025 | 167 | 415 | 2.5 | 106 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2024 | 228 | 490 | 2.2 | 122 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2023 | 257 | 547 | 2.1 | 162 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2022 | 260 | 731 | 2.8 | 195 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2021 | 228 | 659 | 2.9 | 157 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2020 | 290 | 758 | 2.6 | 199 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 | 297 | 864 | 2.9 | 196 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2018 | 270 | 846 | 3.1 | 247 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 273 | 775 | 2.8 | 232 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 | 131 | 304 | 2.3 | 91 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2014 | 125 | 333 | 2.7 | 102 | 0.82 |
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.) | 194 | 42.0 | 39% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 230 | 39.0 | 29% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 250 | 40.8 | 29% | 59% | −0.43 |
| 2022/23 | 248 | 41.3 | 34% | 56% | −0.30 |
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 High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · West SussexGood20247.1applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · West SussexOutstanding20222.8applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · West SussexRemains Good20231.5applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · West SussexGood20222.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · West Sussex20262.9applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · West SussexStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · West Sussex20261.7applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 38.3Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140105 · 938/4001
- Capacity
- 1,600 pupils · 1,191 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Chichester High School for Girls (URN 126063)
- Address
- Kingsham Road, Chichester, PO19 8EB
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Chichester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources