South East
Secondary schools in West Sussex
332 schools, 128,090 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.3.
Ofsted across West Sussex
Good153
Outstanding15
Requires improvement14
Inadequate2
No overall grade148
184 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 148 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in West Sussex
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downlands Community SchoolCommunity school | Hassocks | Good 2022 | 57.3 |
| St Paul's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Burgess Hill | Outstanding 2023 | 55.5 |
| St Oscar Romero Catholic SchoolVoluntary aided school | Worthing | No grade | 55.1 |
| Shoreham AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Shoreham-by-Sea | Outstanding 2024 | 54.8 |
| Tanbridge House SchoolCommunity school | Horsham | Outstanding 2024 | 54.2 |
| Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterAcademy converter | Chichester | Outstanding 2022 | 52.6 |
| St Philip Howard Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Bognor Regis | No grade | 52.5 |
| Warden Park Secondary AcademyAcademy converter | Haywards Heath | Good 2022 | 52.4 |
| Davison Church of England High School for Girls, WorthingVoluntary controlled school | Worthing | Outstanding 2024 | 52.1 |
| Millais SchoolCommunity school | Horsham | Good 2022 | 51.6 |
| Oathall Community CollegeCommunity school | Haywards Heath | Good 2023 | 51.6 |
| Hazelwick SchoolAcademy converter | Crawley | Outstanding 2023 | 50.2 |
| Durrington High SchoolAcademy converter | Worthing | Good 2022 | 49.8 |
| Bohunt HorshamFree schools | Horsham | Good 2023 | 49.5 |
| Midhurst Rother CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Midhurst | Outstanding 2024 | 48.8 |
| Steyning Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Steyning | No grade | 48.7 |
| Worthing High SchoolAcademy converter | Worthing | No grade | 48.6 |
| Weald School, TheCommunity school | Billingshurst | No grade | 47.1 |
| Bohunt School WorthingAcademy sponsor led | Worthing | Good 2023 | 46.7 |
| Sackville SchoolCommunity school | East Grinstead | Good 2024 | 46.1 |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, CrawleyVoluntary aided school | Crawley | Good 2023 | 45.5 |
| Oriel High SchoolCommunity school | Crawley | No grade | 45.4 |
| Imberhorne SchoolCommunity school | East Grinstead | No grade | 45.1 |
| Chichester Free SchoolFree schools | Chichester | Good 2024 | 44.9 |
| The Burgess Hill AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Burgess Hill | No grade | 44.6 |
| The Regis SchoolAcademy sponsor led | West Sussex | Good 2023 | 43.6 |
| Ormiston Six Villages AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Chichester | Good 2022 | 42.8 |
| The Sir Robert Woodard AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sompting | No grade | 42.1 |
| Felpham Community CollegeCommunity school | Bognor Regis | No grade | 41.9 |
| St Andrew's CofE High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Worthing | Good 2023 | 41.7 |
| Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, CrawleyVoluntary aided school | Crawley | Good 2023 | 41.7 |
| The Angmering SchoolCommunity school | Littlehampton | Good 2022 | 41 |
| The Gatwick SchoolFree schools | Crawley | Good 2024 | 39.7 |
| Bourne Community CollegeFoundation school | Emsworth | No grade | 39.1 |
| Chichester High SchoolAcademy converter | Chichester | No grade | 39 |
| The Academy, SelseyAcademy sponsor led | Chichester | No grade | 38 |
| The Littlehampton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Littlehampton | No grade | 37.2 |
| Thomas Bennett Community CollegeAcademy converter | Crawley | Good 2022 | 33.1 |
| Ifield Community CollegeAcademy converter | Crawley | Good 2023 | — |
| The Forest SchoolAcademy converter | Horsham | Good 2022 | — |