Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
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Worthing High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,050of 1,122 places
- Free school meals
- 15.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 209
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 5 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Worthing High School (URN 126090, until 1 December 2012).
What the data says
Worthing High School has no sixth form. Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 10% moved to a sixth form college, 78% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 3% went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 | Worthing High School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 225 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 78% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Worthing High School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.6 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 48% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.40 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.9 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 206 | 99% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 82% |
| English Language | 205 | 98% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 202 | 97% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 141 | 67% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 56% |
| Geography | 132 | 63% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 77% |
| Statistics | 75 | 36% | 5% | 59% | 20% | 97% |
| History | 69 | 33% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 75% |
| Physics | 63 | 30% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 63 | 30% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 90% |
| Biology | 63 | 30% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 92% |
| Business Studies | 61 | 29% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 56% |
| Media Studies | 51 | 24% | 4% | 16% | 20% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 51 | 24% | 11% | 20% | 23% | 78% |
| Spanish | 47 | 22% | 19% | 30% | 27% | 79% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 43 | 21% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 93% |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 19% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 77% |
| Physical Education | 38 | 18% | 11% | 50% | 24% | 100% |
| German | 28 | 13% | 5% | 21% | 33% | 89% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 13% | 13% | 36% | 30% | 71% |
| French | 28 | 13% | 18% | 54% | 29% | 93% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 12% | 7% | 36% | 24% | 80% |
| Drama | 19 | 9% | 7% | 42% | 27% | 95% |
| Textiles | 14 | 7% | 2% | 14% | 27% | 57% |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 13 | — | — |
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.