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Bishop Luffa School, Chichester[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 55.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
65% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.21 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 52.6[6] 59.1%[6]
2023/24 51.9[4] 54.4%[4] +0.21[4]
2022/23 51.2[7] 53%[7] +0.22[7]
2021/22 56.5[8] 62%[8] +0.38[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.5% 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] 16.2%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 18.9%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 25.5%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 22%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 98%[15] 61%[15] 32%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 46%[16] 1%[16] 46%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 57%[17] 0%[17] 35%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 48%[18] 0%[18] 44%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
50% 2022/23[19]
Education
54% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
34% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 43%[20] 48%[20] 3%[20] 38%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 50%[21] 56%[21] 1%[21] 33%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 63%[22] 70%[22] 1%[22] 18%[22]
2018/19 96%[23] 59%[23] 71%[23] 2%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
40% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
39% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 79%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 40%[25] 39%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 89%[27] 34%[27] 32%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 31%[28] 32%[28] 3%[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
30 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
30 Jan 2023[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
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
659 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
287 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
232 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 735[30] 351[30] 238[30] 3.1[30] 1.5[30]
Entry Sept 2024 762[30] 354[30] 244[30] 3.1[30] 1.5[30]
Entry Sept 2023 740[30] 325[30] 233[30] 3.2[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2022 755[30] 308[30] 236[30] 3.2[30] 1.3[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1520[1]
Trust
BISHOP LUFFA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.bishopluffa.org.uk[1]
District
Chichester[31]
Postcode
PO19 3HP[1]
URN
140472[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1579 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
6.4% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
12.5% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.5% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.9%[33]
Mixed
5.6%[33]
Asian
4.2%[33]
Black
0.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[33]
Unclassified
0.8%[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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    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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