Worthing High School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 45 45.2 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 45.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 46.1% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 5.3% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.11 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 48.6[5] | 46.9%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 48.2[3] | 49.1%[3] | +0.11[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 47.8[6] | 41%[6] | +0.08[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 52.4[7] | 57%[7] | +0.15[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 95% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 3% 2021/22[9]
- Sixth-form college
- 10% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 78% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 1% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 3% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 96%[9] | 3%[9] | 10%[9] | 79%[9] | 2%[9] | 3%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 95%[10] | 1%[10] | 11%[10] | 76%[10] | 2%[10] | 3%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 96%[11] | 1%[11] | 13%[11] | 77%[11] | 1%[11] | 1%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 96%[12] | 2%[12] | 10%[12] | 77%[12] | 2%[12] | 4%[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
- 4 Mar 2025[13]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
- Report published
- 29 Apr 2025[13]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[13]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 4.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 844 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 213 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 205 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 896[16] | 246[16] | 205[16] | 4.4[16] | 1.2[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 958[16] | 259[16] | 203[16] | 4.7[16] | 1.3[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 890[16] | 236[16] | 205[16] | 4.3[16] | 1.2[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 1088[16] | 268[16] | 211[16] | 5.2[16] | 1.3[16] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1122[1]
- Trust
- SOUTH DOWNS EDUCATION TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- West Sussex[1]
- Website
- http://www.worthinghigh.net[1]
- District
- Worthing[17]
- Postcode
- BN14 7AR[1]
- URN
- 139109[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1055 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 8.5% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 11.3% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 5.2% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 15.7% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 86.6%[19]
- Mixed
- 6.6%[19]
- Asian
- 4.7%[19]
- Black
- 1.2%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[19]
- Unclassified
- 1%[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
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.