Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 25 April 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry398 applications · 268 places offered · 244 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2025 1.3; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.2
- 2023 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.1
- 2022 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2021 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- West Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Steyning Grammar School (URN 126092), Rydon Community College (URN 126067), the previous school.
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 | 268 | 398 | 1.5 | 244 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 312 | 409 | 1.3 | 246 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2024 | 307 | 494 | 1.6 | 268 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 358 | 643 | 1.8 | 356 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 373 | 690 | 1.9 | 323 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 388 | 826 | 2.1 | 386 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 * | 390 | 814 | 2.1 | 381 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 * | 373 | 801 | 2.2 | 354 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 * | 375 | 744 | 2.0 | 339 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 250 | 582 | 2.3 | 231 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 208 | 552 | 2.7 | 239 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 * | 211 | 605 | 2.9 | 267 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 * | 208 | 593 | 2.9 | 252 | 1.21 |
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.) | 350 | 48.0 | 46% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 359 | 48.7 | 49% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 367 | 45.1 | 44% | 65% | −0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 357 | 46.6 | 45% | 68% | +0.01 |
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
- Steyning Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · West Sussex20261.9applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · West SussexRemains Good20233.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · West SussexGood20233.6applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · West SussexOutstanding20242.2applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · West SussexStandards maintained20254.1applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · West SussexOutstanding20241.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · Brighton and Hove20262.0applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 9.1 km · West SussexGood20221.8applications per place 49.4Attainment 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
- 148221 · 938/4501
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 2,455 pupils · 1,775 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2020
- Replaced
- Steyning Grammar School (URN 126092); Rydon Community College (URN 126067)
- Address
- Shooting Field, Steyning, BN44 3RX
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Horsham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources