South East
Special 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.
Special schools in West Sussex
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley Court SchoolOther independent special school | Crawley | No grade | — |
| Apple Orchard SchoolOther independent special school | Horsham | No grade | — |
| Aurora Vincent House SchoolOther independent special school | Horsham | No grade | — |
| Central Education LtdOther independent special school | Haywards Heath | No grade | — |
| Conifers House SchoolOther independent special school | Midhurst | No grade | — |
| Cornfield School, LittlehamptonCommunity special school | Littlehampton | No grade | — |
| Courtlands Independent Special SchoolOther independent special school | Worthing | No grade | — |
| Farney Close SchoolOther independent special school | Haywards Heath | No grade | — |
| Fordwater School, ChichesterCommunity special school | Chichester | Good 2023 | — |
| Hambrook SchoolOther independent special school | Burgess Hill | No grade | — |
| Herons Dale SchoolCommunity special school | Shoreham-by-Sea | Good 2023 | — |
| Hove Micro-SchoolOther independent special school | Southwick | No grade | — |
| Ingfield Manor SchoolNon-maintained special school | Billingshurst | Good 2023 | — |
| LVS HassocksOther independent special school | Hassocks | No grade | — |
| Manor Green CollegeCommunity special school | Crawley | No grade | — |
| Manor Green Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Crawley | Outstanding 2022 | — |
| Manor House SchoolOther independent special school | Horsham | No grade | — |
| Muntham House SchoolNon-maintained special school | Horsham | Good 2024 | — |
| My Choice School ArundelOther independent special school | West Sussex | No grade | — |
| New Barn SchoolOther independent special school | West Sussex | No grade | — |
| Oak Grove CollegeCommunity special school | Worthing | Good 2024 | — |
| Palatine Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Worthing | Good 2023 | — |
| Philpots Manor SchoolOther independent special school | West Hoathly | No grade | — |
| Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, HorshamCommunity special school | Horsham | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Red Balloon Worthing Learner CentreOther independent special school | Worthing | No grade | — |
| Seadown SchoolOther independent special school | Worthing | No grade | — |
| Serenity School CrawleyOther independent special school | Crawley | No grade | — |
| Springboard EducationOther independent special school | Lancing | No grade | — |
| St Anthony's SchoolCommunity special school | Chichester | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| The Amicus SchoolOther independent special school | Arundel | No grade | — |
| Woodlands MeedFoundation special school | Burgess Hill | Good 2023 | — |