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St Andrew's CofE High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
41.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.18 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 41.7[5] 36.4%[5]
2023/24 46.3[3] 45.9%[3] +0.18[3]
2022/23 41[6] 31%[6] -0.17[6]
2021/22 44.1[7] 32%[7] -0.03[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
74% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 1%[9] 8%[9] 76%[9] 3%[9] 7%[9]
2020/21 94%[10] 1%[10] 8%[10] 81%[10] 1%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 4%[11] 4%[11] 84%[11] 1%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 91%[12] 2%[12] 3%[12] 80%[12] 2%[12] 3%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
19 Apr 2023[13]
Type
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[13]
Report published
31 May 2023[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Apr 2022[14] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[14] Inadequate[14]
5 Jun 2018[15] S5 Inspection[15] Requires improvement[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
592 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
143 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
166 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 580[16] 146[16] 177[16] 3.3[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2024 513[16] 142[16] 185[16] 2.8[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2023 302[16] 67[16] 179[16] 1.7[16] 0.4[16]
Entry Sept 2022 536[16] 137[16] 196[16] 2.7[16] 0.7[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.sta-worthing.com[1]
District
Worthing[17]
Postcode
BN14 8BG[1]
URN
126094[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
739 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
8.4% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
27.9% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
3.8% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.2% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.6%[19]
Mixed
5.6%[19]
Asian
2.8%[19]
Black
1.8%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[19]
Unclassified
5.8%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.