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Durrington High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 49.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
51.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.29 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 49.8[5] 54.9%[5]
2023/24 47.6[3] 46.5%[3] +0.29[3]
2022/23 47.7[6] 49%[6] +0.15[6]
2021/22 54.1[7] 59%[7] +0.41[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
77% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 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 94%[9] 2%[9] 7%[9] 77%[9] 3%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 95%[10] 1%[10] 8%[10] 78%[10] 3%[10] 4%[10]
2019/20 94%[11] 1%[11] 12%[11] 76%[11] 1%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 94%[12] 2%[12] 11%[12] 73%[12] 3%[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
17 Mar 2022[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
24 May 2022[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
22 Mar 2017[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
580 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
287 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
325 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 574[15] 283[15] 323[15] 1.8[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2024 549[15] 242[15] 312[15] 1.8[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2023 640[15] 291[15] 327[15] 2.0[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022 711[15] 315[15] 329[15] 2.2[15] 1.0[15]

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
1650[1]
Trust
DURRINGTON MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
https://www.durringtonhighschool.co.uk[1]
District
Worthing[16]
Postcode
BN13 1JX[1]
URN
140713[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1606 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
8.2% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
17.8% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.2% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
84.6%[18]
Mixed
5%[18]
Asian
3.7%[18]
Black
3.9%[18]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[18]
Unclassified
1.5%[18]

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 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. 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.