All-through school in Horsham, West Sussex
Bohunt Horsham
Bailey Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 6AP
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 31 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1294
- Places
- 1620
- How full
- 80% full — 1294 of 1620 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 596 / 698
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistently absent
- 18%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 13%
- English as an additional language
- 9%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 20%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Horsham 001F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 37%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 11%
- Households owning their home
- 77%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- Ages 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Georgette Ayling
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward
- Colgate & Rusper
- Constituency
- Horsham
- URN
- 147187
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest all-through schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millais SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 51.6 | 2 mi |
| The Forest SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 2.2 mi |
| Tanbridge House SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2024 | 54.2 | 2.9 mi |
| Farlington SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 3.5 mi |
| Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, CrawleyVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 41.7 | 4 mi |
| Ifield Community CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 4.2 mi |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, CrawleyVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 45.5 | 4.3 mi |
| Christ's HospitalOther independent school | No grade | — | 4.4 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Whitley Bay High SchoolFoundation school | Outstanding 2024 | 54.2 |
| Dover Grammar School for GirlsCommunity school | No grade | 59.9 |
| Healing AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 51 |
| Upton Court Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2022 | 79.9 |
| Christleton High SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 54.8 |
| Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 50.7 |
| Beechen Cliff SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 55 |
| Ashby SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 48.1 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.