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Worthing High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.11 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 48.6[5] 46.9%[5]
2023/24 48.2[3] 49.1%[3] +0.11[3]
2022/23 47.8[6] 41%[6] +0.08[6]
2021/22 52.4[7] 57%[7] +0.15[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Mar 2025[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
29 Apr 2025[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 Mar 2020[9] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
Date not published[10] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
844 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
213 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
205 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 896[11] 246[11] 205[11] 4.4[11]
Entry Sept 2024 958[11] 259[11] 203[11] 4.7[11]
Entry Sept 2023 890[11] 236[11] 205[11] 4.3[11]
Entry Sept 2022 1088[11] 268[11] 211[11] 5.2[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1122[1]
Trust
SOUTH DOWNS EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.worthinghigh.net[1]
District
Worthing[12]
Postcode
BN14 7AR[1]
URN
139109[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1055 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
8.5% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
11.3% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
5.2% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.7% 2024/25[13]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.