Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre[1]
Special · ages 11–18
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 24.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 10% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[3]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[3]
Ofsted
- Inspected by
- Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[5]
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted. ISI publishes its reports on its own website (isi.net); we haven't restated this school's findings yet.
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Other independent special school[1]
- Ages
- 11–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 25[1]
- Local authority
- West Sussex[1]
- Website
- https://redballoonworthing.org/[1]
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes[5]
- Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
- Not approved[5]
- District
- Worthing[6]
- Postcode
- BN11 2LY[1]
- URN
- 149217[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 20 2024/25[7]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[7]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[7]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 0% 2024/25[7]
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.
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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: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. 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.