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Sackville School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.04 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 46.1[6] 40.6%[6]
2023/24 44.3[4] 36.8%[4] -0.04[4]
2022/23 46.9[7] 45%[7] +0.20[7]
2021/22 51.9[8] 54%[8] +0.26[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.4% 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 C+[10] 12.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 8.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 19.4%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 11%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
53% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
30% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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] 67%[15] 21%[15] 2%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 71%[16] 1%[16] 18%[16] 3%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 66%[17] 2%[17] 21%[17] 3%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 61%[18] 5%[18] 18%[18] 5%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
Education
34% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
46% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 49%[20] 7%[20] 33%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 45%[21] 4%[21] 41%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 43%[22] 6%[22] 33%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 37%[23] 7%[23] 38%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
59% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
18% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 58%[26] 18%[26]
2019/20 56%[25] 17%[25] 16%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 46%[27] 14%[27] 11%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 48%[28] 13%[28] 9%[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
8 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
19 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 Jan 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
488 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
216 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
236 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 517[31] 253[31] 263[31] 2.0[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 499[31] 244[31] 251[31] 2.0[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 589[31] 285[31] 277[31] 2.1[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 590[31] 284[31] 270[31] 2.2[31] 1.1[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
1642[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.sackville.w-sussex.sch.uk/[1]
District
Mid Sussex[32]
Postcode
RH19 3TY[1]
URN
126089[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1599 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
8.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
21.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.8%[34]
Mixed
5.7%[34]
Asian
3.1%[34]
Black
1.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[34]
Unclassified
0.7%[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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