Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Community school
Oathall Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,341of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 14.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 231
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 14 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Oathall Community College has no sixth form. Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
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 58% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
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 | Oathall Community College | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 213 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 55% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oathall Community College | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.6 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 63% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.81 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.9 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 229 | 99% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 227 | 98% | 89% | 29% | 20% | 82% |
| English Literature | 222 | 96% | 86% | 27% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 177 | 77% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 74% |
| Geography | 136 | 59% | 41% | 26% | 25% | 77% |
| History | 95 | 41% | 41% | 41% | 26% | 75% |
| Business Studies | 80 | 35% | 18% | 31% | 20% | 79% |
| Physical Education | 61 | 26% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 80% |
| French | 59 | 26% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 92% |
| Spanish | 51 | 22% | 19% | 31% | 27% | 75% |
| Biology | 46 | 20% | 23% | 72% | 45% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 44 | 19% | 23% | 64% | 47% | 100% |
| Psychology | 44 | 19% | 3% | 20% | 22% | 61% |
| Physics | 44 | 19% | 23% | 64% | 46% | 100% |
| German | 41 | 18% | 5% | 22% | 33% | 73% |
| Art and Design | 40 | 17% | 7% | 28% | 24% | 88% |
| Photography | 36 | 16% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 89% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 9% | 13% | 25% | 30% | 55% |
| 3D Design | 20 | 9% | 2% | 10% | 16% | 65% |
| Applied Engineering | 17 | 7% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 59% |
| Music | 15 | 6% | 5% | 60% | 33% | 80% |
| Religious Studies | 13 | 6% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 62% |
| Drama | 10 | 4% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 70% |
| Dance | 8 | 3% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Latin | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 74% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 36 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 15 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
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.