Chichester Free School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 4–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 44 43.5 2025/26[2]
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 67% 67% 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 43.5 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 47.7% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 7.8% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- 0.00 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 44.9[6] | 40.2%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 44.5[4] | 39.4%[4] | 0.00[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 40[7] | 31%[7] | -0.46[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 44.2[8] | 40%[8] | -0.32[8] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 67% 2024/25[3]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 5% 2024/25[3]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[9]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 8 May 2024[14]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[14]
- Report published
- 10 Jun 2024[14]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[14]
- Quality of education
- Good[14]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[14]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[14]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[14]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Good[14]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[14]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 7.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 476 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 80 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 67 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 521[16] | 102[16] | 98[16] | 5.3[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 498[16] | 97[16] | 67[16] | 7.4[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 498[16] | 97[16] | 68[16] | 7.3[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 530[16] | 67[16] | 70[16] | 7.6[16] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 146 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 59 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 59 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 4–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Capacity
- 1020[1]
- Trust
- SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- West Sussex[1]
- Website
- www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk[1]
- District
- Chichester[17]
- Postcode
- PO20 1NP[1]
- URN
- 139668[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1078 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 6.1% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 13.9% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 1.3% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 15.3% 2024/25[18]
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: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. 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.
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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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, 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.
Quotes (2)
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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.