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Bohunt School Worthing

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formWest Sussex, South East · Worthing BN14 8AHTrust: Bohunt Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
900of 900 places
Free school meals
20.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
178
Ofsted
School remains Good, 4 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Bohunt School Worthing has no sixth form. Of the 185 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 74% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Bohunt School Worthing is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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.

Bohunt School Worthing
West Sussex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBohunt School WorthingWest SussexEngland
Pupils in the cohort1858,692607,348
Any sustained destination95%94%92%
Stayed in education90%88%86%
— school sixth form1%26%34%
— sixth form college15%20%13%
— further education college74%41%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship4%2%3%
Employment1%3%3%
No sustained destination4%5%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBohunt School WorthingWest SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)46.746.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects54%37%41%
EBacc average point score4.214.074.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort14%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.431.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.349.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language15%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
English Language17799%89%15%20%72%
Mathematics17799%88%20%22%73%
English Literature17699%86%15%21%70%
Combined Science11766%65%3%9%49%
Business Studies9051%18%16%20%70%
Geography8849%41%20%25%67%
History8447%41%14%26%64%
French8045%18%26%29%71%
Physics5833%23%31%46%98%
Chemistry5833%23%36%47%100%
Biology5833%23%36%45%100%
Fine Art5229%9%8%28%71%
Physical Education4425%11%30%24%82%
Computer Science3721%13%32%30%76%
Design and Technology3419%11%9%23%71%
Chinese2816%1%43%75%79%
Music1710%5%41%33%94%
Drama158%7%27%27%87%
Japanese21%0%53%
Russian11%0%87%
Religious Studies11%31%32%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies43
Computer Appreciation / Introduction24
Sports Studies17

Other secondary schools in West Sussex

Chichester High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,191 pupils

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.