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Midhurst Rother College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.02 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 48.8[6] 56.2%[6]
2023/24 46[4] 43.5%[4] +0.02[4]
2022/23 51.2[7] 57%[7] +0.54[7]
2021/22 51.6[8] 55%[8] +0.37[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.3% 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] 27%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 24.1%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 26.2%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 13.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
37% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
38% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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] 35%[15] 14%[15] 36%[15] 4%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 24%[16] 23%[16] 38%[16] 3%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 32%[17] 19%[17] 41%[17] 3%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 34%[18] 11%[18] 41%[18] 2%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 50%[20] 8%[20] 37%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 52%[21] 2%[21] 36%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 46%[22] 5%[22] 38%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 53%[23] 2%[23] 30%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
40% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
11% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 74%[26] 19%[26]
2019/20 69%[25] 14%[25] 11%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 20%[27] 11%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 53%[28] 13%[28] 7%[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
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
460 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
221 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
233 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 447[30] 204[30] 204[30] 2.2[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2024 439[30] 220[30] 233[30] 1.9[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2023 347[30] 174[30] 197[30] 1.8[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2022 389[30] 224[30] 211[30] 1.8[30] 1.1[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.mrc-academy.org/[1]
District
Chichester[31]
Postcode
GU29 9DT[1]
URN
135760[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1158 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
10.5% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.5%[33]
Mixed
5.1%[33]
Asian
1.1%[33]
Black
1.3%[33]
Any other ethnic group
0.3%[33]
Unclassified
0.6%[33]

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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