Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre
A special school in West Sussex for ages 11–18: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.
- Ofsted
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- Places
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- Pupils
- 25
Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from West Sussex’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 25 places.
How do GCSE results compare?
Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.
DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 7 pupils in Year 11
29% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (West Sussex 46%, England 45%).
Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.
All GCSE measures10
| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 24.9 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.21 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 11% | 19% |
What do pupils study?
Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.
DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today
Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.
GCSE subjects8
Entries 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 | 6 | 86% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| English Language | 6 | 86% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 50% |
| English Literature | 5 | 71% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Statistics | 3 | 43% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Biology | 3 | 43% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 3 | 43% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| History | 1 | 14% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 14% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications1
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:
Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with West Sussex, not by distance.
- Any timeAsk West Sussex’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Compare with nearby schools
More West Sussex schools3
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.