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Felpham Community College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 43.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
38% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.47 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 41.9[6] 28.8%[6]
2023/24 40[4] 34.3%[4] -0.47[4]
2022/23 42.8[7] 36%[7] -0.24[7]
2021/22 46.9[8] 42%[8] +0.06[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12% 2024/25[3]
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 A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 9.1%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 10.8%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 29.2%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 15%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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 96%[15] 39%[15] 0%[15] 48%[15] 2%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 42%[16] 44%[16] 2%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 43%[17] 44%[17] 3%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 39%[18] 50%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
45% 2022/23[19]
Education
48% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
33% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 37%[20] 43%[20] 6%[20] 33%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 43%[21] 50%[21] 4%[21] 30%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 45%[22] 60%[22] 1%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 96%[23] 51%[23] 63%[23] 4%[23] 30%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
53% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 65%[26] 11%[26]
2019/20 69%[25] 15%[25] 15%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 68%[27] 11%[27] 10%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 59%[28] 5%[28] 6%[28] 0%[28]

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
22 Oct 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
26 Nov 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Mar 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
523 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
227 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
244 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 573[32] 238[32] 274[32] 2.1[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 601[32] 242[32] 269[32] 2.2[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 651[32] 305[32] 308[32] 2.1[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 636[32] 249[32] 287[32] 2.2[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1743[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
www.felpham.com[1]
District
Arun[33]
Postcode
PO22 8EL[1]
URN
126080[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1557 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
13.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.2%[35]
Mixed
3.4%[35]
Asian
1.6%[35]
Black
1.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[35]
Unclassified
1.3%[35]

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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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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