Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Community school
Millais School
- Pupils on roll
- 896of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 12.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 290
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Millais School has no sixth form. Of the 314 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 68% moved to a sixth form college and 17% to a further education college.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 68% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in West Sussex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Millais School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 314 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 98% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 68% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 17% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | — | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Millais School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.6 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 71% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.74 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.7 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.2 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 11% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 282 | 97% | 89% | 26% | 20% | 82% |
| Mathematics | 282 | 97% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 84% |
| English Literature | 268 | 92% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 88% |
| Geography | 153 | 53% | 41% | 41% | 25% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 52% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 68% |
| Biology | 123 | 42% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 92% |
| Physics | 123 | 42% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 85% |
| Chemistry | 121 | 42% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 88% |
| History | 114 | 39% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 68% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 97 | 33% | 8% | 40% | 21% | 85% |
| Art and Design | 94 | 32% | 7% | 21% | 24% | 83% |
| Spanish | 75 | 26% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 69% |
| Media Studies | 68 | 23% | 4% | 6% | 20% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 58 | 20% | 11% | 34% | 23% | 81% |
| Statistics | 58 | 20% | 5% | 50% | 20% | 100% |
| French | 55 | 19% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 73% |
| Physical Education | 54 | 19% | 11% | 30% | 24% | 78% |
| Italian | 48 | 17% | 0% | 10% | 53% | 73% |
| Religious Studies | 45 | 16% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 84% |
| Citizenship Studies | 32 | 11% | 3% | 69% | 19% | 100% |
| German | 31 | 11% | 5% | 26% | 33% | 81% |
| Dance | 30 | 10% | 1% | 33% | 27% | 70% |
| Chinese | 22 | 8% | 1% | 32% | 75% | 73% |
| Drama | 13 | 4% | 7% | 8% | 27% | 69% |
| Music | 11 | 4% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 100% |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and Drama | 56 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 21 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 3 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 2 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in West Sussex
Bohunt School Worthing
Academy sponsor led · 900 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Bourne Community College
Foundation school · 692 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.1
Chichester Free School
Free schools · 1,118 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Chichester High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,191 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing
Voluntary controlled school · 1,334 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.