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Durrington High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,572Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 140713URN

The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.5 below West Sussex median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex

580 applications for 325 places · 32nd of 40 in West Sussex
Every year since 2015
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.4of 90
13th of 40 in West Sussex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 17 March 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below West Sussex median (2.3) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

580 applications · 325 places offered · 287 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.4
  9. 2018 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.5; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20263255801.82870.88
Sep 20253235741.82830.88
Sep 20243125491.82420.78
Sep 20233276402.02910.89
Sep 20223297112.23150.96
Sep 20213297352.23441.05
Sep 20203267932.43060.94
Sep 20193298772.73371.02
Sep 20183277962.43140.96
Sep 20173286872.13271.00
Sep 20163277382.34031.23
Sep 20153298252.53821.16

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

312 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.413th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%15th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.29
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)31249.451%73%–
2024/2531749.855%74%–
2023/2431247.647%70%+0.29
2022/2330747.749%66%+0.15

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

  • 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
140713 · 938/4065
Trust
Durrington Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,650 pupils · 1,572 on roll
Free school meals
19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
Durrington High School (URN 126083)
Address
The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Local authority
West Sussex · Worthing

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