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Warden Park Secondary Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formWest Sussex, South East · Haywards Heath RH17 5DPTrust: Sussex Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,541of 1,500 places
Free school meals
12.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
292
Ofsted
Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Warden Park School (URN 126086, until 1 September 2011).

What the data says

Warden Park Secondary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 290 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 52% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 52% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.4 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%).

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.

This school
West Sussex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Pupils in the cohort2908,692607,348
Any sustained destination95%94%92%
Stayed in education91%88%86%
— school sixth form4%26%34%
— sixth form college52%20%13%
— further education college31%41%37%
— other education4%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%2%3%
Employment2%3%3%
No sustained destination3%5%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)52.446.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects35%37%41%
EBacc average point score4.584.074.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort8%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.231.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.449.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language11%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics28798%88%33%22%85%
English Language28798%89%30%20%82%
English Literature27996%86%27%21%81%
Combined Science18965%65%6%9%69%
History17961%41%35%26%72%
Business Studies15453%18%35%20%84%
Physical Education9533%11%24%24%78%
Physics9332%23%47%46%97%
Biology9332%23%53%45%99%
Spanish9332%19%46%27%86%
Chemistry9232%23%37%47%98%
Art and Design8128%7%28%24%89%
Design and Technology7526%11%23%23%81%
Computer Science5820%13%29%30%66%
French5720%18%46%29%96%
Geography5519%41%29%25%60%
Drama4917%7%14%27%84%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4917%8%29%21%76%
Media Studies279%4%11%20%78%
Music269%5%42%33%88%
Dance217%1%57%27%81%
Psychology114%3%9%22%64%
Statistics62%5%83%20%83%
Astronomy52%0%29%
Latin41%1%74%
Chinese10%1%75%
Italian10%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills23
Additional Mathematics FSMQ21

Other secondary schools in West Sussex

Chichester High School

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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0

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.