Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry790 applications · 234 places offered · 305 named it first
- 2026 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 3.6; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 3.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 4.0; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 6.5; West Sussex median median 2.4
- This school
- West Sussex median
Reception entry, September 2026: 3.2 per place (185 applications for 58 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 | 234 | 790 | 3.4 | 305 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2025 | 243 | 756 | 3.1 | 233 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 246 | 841 | 3.4 | 232 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 235 | 855 | 3.6 | 280 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 907 | 3.8 | 314 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2021 | 198 | 792 | 4.0 | 175 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 775 | 6.5 | 167 | 1.39 |
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.) | 235 | 47.2 | 46% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 49.5 | 59% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 123 | 51.0 | 60% | 76% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Bohunt HorshamThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · West SussexGood20222.5applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · West SussexRemains Good20223.6applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · West SussexOutstanding20242.7applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · West SussexGood20232.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · West SussexRemains Good20234.1applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · West SussexGood20221.4applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 147187 · 938/4014
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,620 pupils · 1,294 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Bailey Road, Horsham, RH12 6AP
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Horsham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources