Chichester Free School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 44 43.5 2025/26[2]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 67% 67% 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 43.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 47.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: 0.00 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	44.9[6]	40.2%[6]
2023/24	44.5[4]	39.4%[4]	0.00[4]
2022/23	40[7]	31%[7]	-0.46[7]
2021/22	44.2[8]	40%[8]	-0.32[8]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 67% 2024/25[3]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 5% 2024/25[3]
Reading, average scaled score: 107 2024/25[3]
Maths, average scaled score: 105 2024/25[3]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[9]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	68%[10]	3%[10]	107[10]	105[10]
2022/23	69%[11]	3%[11]	106[11]	106[11]
2018/19	50%[12]	2%[12]	102[12]	102[12]
2017/18	67%[13]	13%[13]	103[13]	103[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 12% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 69% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[15]	21%[15]	0%[15]	66%[15]	1%[15]	4%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	10%[16]	1%[16]	73%[16]	3%[16]	6%[16]
2019/20	93%[17]	12%[17]	0%[17]	78%[17]	1%[17]	3%[17]
2018/19	99%[18]	40%[18]	1%[18]	52%[18]	1%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 81% 2020/21[19]
UK higher education: 58% 2020/21[19]
Education: 62% 2020/21[19]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2020/21[19]
Employment: 15% 2020/21[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2019/20	87%[20]	40%[20]	53%[20]	0%[20]	33%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 53% 2019/20[21]
Top third of most selective universities: 27% 2019/20[21]
Russell Group universities: 20% 2019/20[21]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[21]

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: 8 May 2024[22]
Type: S5 Inspection[22]
Report published: 10 Jun 2024[22]
Personal development: Outstanding[22]
Quality of education: Good[22]
Overall effectiveness: Good[22]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[22]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[22]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[22]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[22]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
6 Feb 2019[23]	S5 Inspection[23]	Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 7.1 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 476 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 80 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 67 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	521[24]	102[24]	98[24]	5.3[24]	1.0[24]
Entry Sept 2024	498[24]	97[24]	67[24]	7.4[24]	1.4[24]
Entry Sept 2023	498[24]	97[24]	68[24]	7.3[24]	1.4[24]
Entry Sept 2022	530[24]	67[24]	70[24]	7.6[24]	1.0[24]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 146 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 59 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 59 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	164[24]	56[24]	60[24]	2.7[24]	0.9[24]
Entry Sept 2024	121[24]	47[24]	56[24]	2.2[24]	0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2023	150[24]	59[24]	58[24]	2.6[24]	1.0[24]
Entry Sept 2022	181[24]	58[24]	60[24]	3.0[24]	1.0[24]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 4–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Capacity: 1020[1]
Trust: SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: West Sussex[1]
Website: www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk [1]
District: Chichester [25]
Postcode: PO20 1NP[1]
URN: 139668[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1078 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language: 6.1% 2024/25[26]
SEN support: 13.9% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan: 1.3% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 15.3% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 89.1%[27]
Mixed: 5.8%[27]
Asian: 2.2%[27]
Black: 0%[27]
Any other ethnic group: 0.4%[27]
Unclassified: 2.5%[27]

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

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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.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
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