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Bishop Luffa School, Chichester

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,600Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 140472URN

Westgate, Chichester, PO19 3HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.5 above West Sussex median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex

659 applications for 232 places · 13th of 40 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
55.1of 90
5th of 40 in West Sussex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 30 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above West Sussex median (2.3) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

659 applications · 232 places offered · 287 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
  2. 2025 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
  6. 2021 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.4
  9. 2018 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
  12. 2015 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
  13. 2014 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.1
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262326592.82871.24
Sep 20252387353.13511.47
Sep 20242447623.13541.45
Sep 20232337403.23251.39
Sep 20222367553.23081.31
Sep 20212397593.23411.43
Sep 20202388243.53431.44
Sep 20192408223.43811.59
Sep 20182397303.12491.04
Sep 20172406542.72771.15
Sep 20162396462.72481.04
Sep 20152206483.02431.10
Sep 20142176783.12961.36

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

237 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)55.15th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths65%4th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.21
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23755.165%79%–
2024/2523552.659%78%–
2023/2423951.954%80%+0.21
2022/2324051.253%77%+0.22

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • 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
140472 · 938/4604
Trust
Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,520 pupils · 1,600 on roll
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2013
Replaced
Bishop Luffa Church of England School, Chichester (URN 126097)
Address
Westgate, Chichester, PO19 3HP
Local authority
West Sussex · Chichester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources