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Imberhorne School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 49.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.05 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 45.1[6] 42.8%[6]
2023/24 44.2[4] 41.4%[4] -0.05[4]
2022/23 49.3[7] 50%[7] +0.14[7]
2021/22 49.7[8] 48%[8] +0.10[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
22.6% 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 B-[10] 23.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 16.4%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 32.3%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 18%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 95%[15] 56%[15] 11%[15] 23%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 61%[16] 5%[16] 19%[16] 5%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 52%[17] 12%[17] 26%[17] 3%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 64%[18] 5%[18] 19%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
53% 2022/23[19]
Education
55% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 56%[20] 57%[20] 4%[20] 31%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 47%[21] 52%[21] 2%[21] 36%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 49%[22] 52%[22] 4%[22] 34%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 41%[23] 48%[23] 7%[23] 34%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
66% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 62%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 70%[25] 23%[25] 16%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 56%[27] 18%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 56%[28] 18%[28] 17%[28] 2%[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
8 Oct 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
19 Nov 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Mar 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
554 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
270 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
270 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 585[31] 274[31] 264[31] 2.2[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 559[31] 249[31] 269[31] 2.1[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 631[31] 306[31] 267[31] 2.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 609[31] 270[31] 269[31] 2.3[31] 1.0[31]

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
1688[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.imberhorne.co.uk[1]
District
Mid Sussex[32]
Postcode
RH19 1QY[1]
URN
126088[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1573 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
16.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85.8%[34]
Mixed
6.5%[34]
Asian
4.6%[34]
Black
1.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[34]
Unclassified
1.3%[34]

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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    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.
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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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