St Anthony's School[1]

Special · ages 4–16

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: 0.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.64 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2023/24	0.3[3]	0%[3]	-1.64[3]
2016/17	0.5[7]	0%[7]	-1.68[7]
2015/16	1[8]		-1.84[8]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[9]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[9]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[10]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24	0%[11]	0%[11]
2022/23	0%[12]	0%[12]
2018/19	0%[13]	0%[13]
2017/18	0%[14]	0%[14]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[15]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[15]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[15]
Further education college: 67% 2022/23[15]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[15]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[15]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	96%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	71%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2020/21	100%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]	86%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2019/20	88%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]	67%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]
2018/19	90%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]	43%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]

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: 7 Nov 2023[20]
Type: S5 Inspection[20]
Report published: 12 Dec 2023[20]
Personal development: Outstanding[20]
Quality of education: Outstanding[20]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[20]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[20]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[20]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[20]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[20]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
4 May 2022[21]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[21]	No overall grade[21]
30 Nov 2016[22]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[22]	No overall grade[22]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 4–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Local authority: West Sussex[1]
Website: http://www.st-ants.org [1]
District: Chichester [23]
Postcode: PO19 5PA[1]
URN: 126155[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 240 2024/25[24]
English as an additional language: 9.6% 2024/25[24]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[24]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[24]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.3% 2024/25[24]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 91.7%[25]
Mixed: 4.3%[25]
Asian: 2%[25]
Black: 2%[25]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[25]
Unclassified: 0%[25]

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

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
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