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Chichester High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.43 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 39[6] 28.7%[6]
2023/24 40.8[4] 29.2%[4] -0.43[4]
2022/23 41.3[7] 33%[7] -0.30[7]
2021/22 42.2[8] 25%[8] -0.40[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.8% 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 C+[10] 11.1%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 5.7%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
29% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
52% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
8% 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 93%[15] 33%[15] 49%[15] 2%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 34%[16] 0%[16] 48%[16] 2%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 89%[17] 31%[17] 1%[17] 53%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 27%[18] 58%[18] 4%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
52% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
30% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 57%[20] 0%[20] 35%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 73%[21] 0%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 62%[22] 3%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 52%[23] 3%[23] 34%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
57% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 82%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 70%[25] 27%[25] 24%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 65%[27] 15%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 60%[28] 18%[28] 17%[28] 1%[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
5 Nov 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
19 Dec 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 May 2019[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
368 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
92 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
151 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 415[31] 106[31] 167[31] 2.5[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 490[31] 122[31] 228[31] 2.1[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 547[31] 162[31] 257[31] 2.1[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 731[31] 195[31] 260[31] 2.8[31] 0.8[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1600[1]
Trust
THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
https://www.chichesterhigh-tkat.org/[1]
District
Chichester[32]
Postcode
PO19 8EB[1]
URN
140105[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1258 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
13.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
14.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
81.7%[34]
Mixed
4.5%[34]
Asian
5.7%[34]
Black
3.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

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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    Quote
    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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