Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Voluntary aided school
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,144of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 195
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 29 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Oscar Romero Catholic School in 2023, 2% stayed on in St Oscar Romero Catholic School’s own sixth form (West Sussex average 26%), 66% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 7% 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 | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 147 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 66% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 55.1 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 63% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.01 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.2 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 59.0 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 | 193 | 99% | 89% | 27% | 20% | 84% |
| Mathematics | 193 | 99% | 88% | 35% | 22% | 85% |
| English Literature | 191 | 98% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 163 | 84% | 65% | 20% | 9% | 82% |
| Religious Studies | 161 | 83% | 31% | 52% | 32% | 90% |
| Geography | 106 | 54% | 41% | 40% | 25% | 84% |
| History | 87 | 45% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 76% |
| Spanish | 84 | 43% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 81% |
| Drama | 53 | 27% | 7% | 19% | 27% | 100% |
| French | 41 | 21% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 61% |
| Physics | 27 | 14% | 23% | 96% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 14% | 23% | 67% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 27 | 14% | 23% | 100% | 45% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 10% | 11% | 65% | 24% | 95% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 9% | 7% | 53% | 24% | 100% |
| Music | 15 | 8% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 87% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 8% | 11% | 33% | 23% | 100% |
| Textiles | 13 | 7% | 2% | 62% | 27% | 100% |
| Dance | 10 | 5% | 1% | 60% | 27% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 7 | 4% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 86% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 37 | 100% | — |
| Childcare Skills | 17 | 100% | — |
| Sports Studies | 17 | 100% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 80 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 1 | 3,581 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | — | C+ | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | — | 33.99 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | — | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | — | 16% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
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.