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Multi-academy trust

Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust

28 schools across 5 local authorities in South East, South West, teaching 8,636 pupils.

The trust at a glance

Schools
28
Primary
27
Secondary
1
Pupils
8,636
Average Attainment 8
47.6

across its secondaries

Average KS2 expected standard
57%

across its primaries

Across the 22 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits about level with the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.

Ofsted across the trust

Good13
Requires improvement1
Inadequate2
No overall grade12

16 of the trust's 28 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 12 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.

Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 13 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 2 Inadequate; 12 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.

Schools in Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust

SchoolAreaOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8Compare
All Saints CofE Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led Hastings Good 2023
Chantry Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter Bexhill-on-Sea Good 2023
Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter Hastings No overall grade
Dudley Infant AcademyAcademy converter Hastings No overall grade
Heene CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Worthing Inadequate 2022
Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter Etchingham No overall grade
Lanesend Primary SchoolAcademy converter Cowes No overall grade
Little Common SchoolAcademy converter Bexhill-on-Sea No overall grade
Newick Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Lewes No overall grade
Ninfield Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Battle Inadequate 2022
Northiam Church of England Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter Rye No overall grade
Sedlescombe Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter BATTLE Good 2023
St Andrew's Church of England Infants SchoolAcademy converter Eastbourne No overall grade
St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Shanklin Good 2023
St Columba CE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Fareham Good 2024
St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Ventnor Good 2021
St James' Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter Bournemouth Good 2023
St John's Meads Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Eastbourne Requires improvement 2024
St Leonards Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led St Leonards-on-Sea Report card 2025
St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Crawley Good 2022
St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter Shoreham-by-Sea No overall grade
St Paul's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter St Leonards-on-Sea Good 2024
St. Joseph's CofE Junior SchoolAcademy sponsor led Chichester Good 2022
St. Joseph's Infant SchoolAcademy converter Chichester Good 2023
The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary SchoolAcademy converter Eastbourne Report card 2026
The March CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter Chichester Good 2023
Tollgate Community Junior SchoolAcademy converter Eastbourne Good 2023
St Catherine's CollegeAcademy converter Eastbourne No overall grade 47.6 0.09-0.11 to 0.28 · not a win

Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.