Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
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The Forest School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115of 1,140 places
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 202
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 26 January 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Forest School (URN 126065, until 1 September 2025).
What the data says
The Forest School has no sixth form. Of the 223 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 66% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 66% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.0 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 56% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Forest School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 223 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 66% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Forest School | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.0 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 7% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.3 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.0 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 | 201 | 100% | 88% | 26% | 22% | 83% |
| English Language | 201 | 100% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 197 | 98% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 145 | 72% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 65% |
| Business Studies | 102 | 50% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 65% |
| History | 99 | 49% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 49% |
| Geography | 93 | 46% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 72% |
| Media Studies | 79 | 39% | 4% | 3% | 20% | 46% |
| Physical Education | 71 | 35% | 11% | 4% | 24% | 70% |
| Sociology | 66 | 33% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 44% |
| Design and Technology | 63 | 31% | 11% | 22% | 23% | 71% |
| Physics | 51 | 25% | 23% | 47% | 46% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 25% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 98% |
| Biology | 51 | 25% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 98% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 28 | 14% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 43% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 13% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 74% |
| Photography | 17 | 8% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 71% |
| Spanish | 13 | 6% | 19% | 69% | 27% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 12 | 6% | 7% | 17% | 24% | 83% |
| Drama | 12 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 83% |
| Music | 10 | 5% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 90% |
| German | 7 | 3% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 71% |
| French | 5 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
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.