Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 entry343 applications · 147 places offered · 140 named it first
- 2026 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.4
- 2018 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2016 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2015 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 147 | 343 | 2.3 | 140 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 321 | 2.2 | 139 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 147 | 313 | 2.1 | 121 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 | 150 | 300 | 2.0 | 136 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 310 | 2.1 | 116 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2021 | 150 | 303 | 2.0 | 124 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2020 | 132 | 276 | 2.1 | 96 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 281 | 1.9 | 126 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 120 | 221 | 1.8 | 95 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 | 69 | 149 | 2.2 | 53 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2016 | 87 | 189 | 2.2 | 77 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 131 | 202 | 1.5 | 102 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 | 114 | 217 | 1.9 | 101 | 0.89 |
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.) | 134 | 42.2 | 31% | 57% | – |
| 2024/25 | 111 | 42.8 | 40% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 133 | 42.0 | 44% | 59% | −0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 102 | 42.7 | 37% | 55% | −0.27 |
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
- Ormiston Six Villages AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · West Sussex20262.9applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · West SussexStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · West SussexRemains Good20231.5applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · West SussexGood20247.1applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · West SussexOutstanding20222.8applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · West Sussex20261.5applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · West SussexGood20221.9applications per place 41.8Attainment 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
- 140199 · 938/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 816 pupils · 731 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 November 2013
- Replaced
- Westergate Community School (URN 126072)
- Address
- Lime Avenue, Westergate, Chichester, PO20 3UE
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Arun
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