Cornfield School, Littlehampton[1]

Special · ages 8–16

Headline results

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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: 5.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.73 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	5.7[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	4.7[3]	0%[3]	-1.73[3]
2022/23	10.1[6]	0%[6]	-0.90[6]
2021/22	12[7]	0%[7]	-1.78[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24	0%[9]	0%[9]
2022/23	0%[10]	0%[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 67% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 22% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	73%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]	64%[12]	0%[12]	9%[12]
2020/21	69%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]	50%[13]	6%[13]	6%[13]
2019/20	69%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]	62%[14]	0%[14]	8%[14]
2018/19	60%[15]	0%[15]	20%[15]	30%[15]	0%[15]	10%[15]

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: 20 Jan 2026[16]
Type: S5 Inspection[16]
Report published: 19 Mar 2026[16]
Inclusion: Expected standard[16]
Achievement: Needs attention[16]
Safeguarding standards: Met[16]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[16]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[16]
Leadership and governance: Needs attention[16]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[16]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
29 Jun 2021[17]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[17]	No overall grade[17]
Date not published[18]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[18]	Good[18]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 8–16[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 72[1]
Local authority: West Sussex[1]
Website: http://www.cornfieldschool.org.uk [1]
District: Arun [19]
Postcode: BN17 6HY[1]
URN: 126170[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 79 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 1.3% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 67.1% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 95.2%[21]
Mixed: 2.4%[21]
Asian: 0%[21]
Black: 0%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[21]
Unclassified: 2.4%[21]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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