Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Academy sponsor led
The Burgess Hill Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 956of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 15.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 209
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong, 18 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Oakmeeds Community College (URN 126084, until 7 May 2015).
What the data says
The Burgess Hill Academy has no sixth form. Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 17% moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 48% 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 4% 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 | The Burgess Hill Academy | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 175 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 17% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Burgess Hill Academy | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.6 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.2 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.3 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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 | 207 | 99% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 74% |
| English Language | 207 | 99% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 195 | 93% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 168 | 80% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 53% |
| History | 117 | 56% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 58% |
| Geography | 70 | 33% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 56% |
| Photography | 61 | 29% | 6% | 33% | 19% | 79% |
| Business Studies | 52 | 25% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 58% |
| Spanish | 44 | 21% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 33 | 16% | 9% | 33% | 28% | 97% |
| Physical Education | 32 | 15% | 11% | 13% | 24% | 63% |
| Physics | 27 | 13% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 13% | 23% | 41% | 47% | 96% |
| Biology | 27 | 13% | 23% | 41% | 45% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 23 | 11% | 1% | 35% | 20% | 70% |
| Design and Technology | 21 | 10% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 71% |
| Textiles | 17 | 8% | 2% | 29% | 27% | 94% |
| Drama | 16 | 8% | 7% | 13% | 27% | 88% |
| Music | 15 | 7% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 73% |
| French | 14 | 7% | 18% | 36% | 29% | 86% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 7% | 31% | 43% | 32% | 79% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 52 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 37 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 17 | — | — |
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.