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The Academy, Selsey[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 38 38.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.25 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 38[5] 38.6%[5]
2023/24 40.2[3] 25.7%[3] -0.25[3]
2022/23 37.5[6] 23%[6] -0.44[6]
2021/22 37.3[7] 21%[7] -0.52[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
11% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
74% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
5% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 74%[9] 3%[9] 7%[9]
2020/21 86%[10] 6%[10] 0%[10] 68%[10] 5%[10] 6%[10]
2019/20 84%[11] 3%[11] 0%[11] 77%[11] 1%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 88%[12] 9%[12] 0%[12] 67%[12] 4%[12] 8%[12]

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
21 Jan 2025[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
11 Mar 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Apr 2019[14] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[14] Good[14]
10 Jan 2017[15] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[15] Requires improvement[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
147 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
111 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
116 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 157[16] 122[16] 117[16] 1.3[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2024 125[16] 84[16] 100[16] 1.3[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2023 142[16] 93[16] 134[16] 1.1[16] 0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2022 153[16] 92[16] 98[16] 1.6[16] 0.9[16]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
120 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
www.tas-tkat.org[1]
District
Chichester[18]
Postcode
PO20 9EH[1]
URN
137096[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
501 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
6.2% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
20.6% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
4.4% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.4% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.3%[20]
Mixed
3.4%[20]
Asian
1.9%[20]
Black
0.4%[20]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[20]
Unclassified
0.6%[20]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. tkat-theacademselsey.reactfiles.co.uk: tkat-theacademselsey.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions policy 2026-27 docx 1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Published Admission Number (PAN) The PAN for Year 7 is 120. (p. 1)
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.