Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
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Durrington High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,572of 1,650 places
- Free school meals
- 19.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 317
- Ofsted
- Good, 17 March 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Durrington High School (URN 126083, until 1 April 2014).
What the data says
Durrington High School has no sixth form. Of the 307 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 77% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 55% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and French and German add up to 19% of the year group, and 13% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 | Durrington High School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 307 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 77% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Durrington High School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.8 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 13% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.3 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.0 | 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 | 316 | 100% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 80% |
| English Language | 314 | 99% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 77% |
| English Literature | 311 | 98% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 77% |
| History | 167 | 53% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 69% |
| Physics | 165 | 52% | 23% | 23% | 46% | 78% |
| Biology | 165 | 52% | 23% | 19% | 45% | 81% |
| Chemistry | 165 | 52% | 23% | 26% | 47% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 143 | 45% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 59% |
| Physical Education | 119 | 38% | 11% | 32% | 24% | 80% |
| Geography | 95 | 30% | 41% | 34% | 25% | 72% |
| Business Studies | 87 | 27% | 18% | 7% | 20% | 64% |
| Computer Science | 85 | 27% | 13% | 31% | 30% | 72% |
| Citizenship Studies | 71 | 22% | 3% | 24% | 19% | 76% |
| Design and Technology | 59 | 19% | 11% | 27% | 23% | 78% |
| Spanish | 45 | 14% | 19% | 31% | 27% | 89% |
| Fine Art | 42 | 13% | 9% | 50% | 28% | 98% |
| Photography | 40 | 13% | 6% | 38% | 19% | 100% |
| Music | 31 | 10% | 5% | 29% | 33% | 87% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 9% | 4% | 19% | 20% | 89% |
| Graphic Communication | 24 | 8% | 1% | 25% | 23% | 100% |
| Textiles | 21 | 7% | 2% | 52% | 27% | 95% |
| Drama | 17 | 5% | 7% | 24% | 27% | 82% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 4% | 8% | 21% | 21% | 64% |
| French | 13 | 4% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 62% |
| Dance | 11 | 3% | 1% | 27% | 27% | 73% |
| Turkish | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and Drama | 27 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
Where Durrington High School is
Other secondary schools in West Sussex are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from West Sussex’s allocation statistics.
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.