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Steyning Grammar School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 48.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.02 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 48.7[6] 49.3%[6]
2023/24 45.1[4] 43.9%[4] -0.02[4]
2022/23 46.6[7] 45%[7] +0.01[7]
2021/22 48.5[8] 43%[8] +0.02[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.9% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[9] 9.6%[9]
2022/23 C[10] 10.9%[10]
2021/22 C+[11] 10.9%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
34% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
26% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[12]
Employment
3% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[13] 40%[13] 18%[13] 32%[13] 1%[13] 3%[13]
2020/21 97%[14] 45%[14] 24%[14] 24%[14] 1%[14] 2%[14]
2019/20 96%[15] 52%[15] 12%[15] 29%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[16]
Education
52% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[16]
Employment
28% 2022/23[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[17] 54%[17] 2%[17] 29%[17]
2020/21 83%[18] 58%[18] 4%[18] 21%[18]
2019/20 83%[19] 55%[19] 5%[19] 22%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
60% 2021/22[20]
Top third of most selective universities
13% 2021/22[20]
Russell Group universities
17% 2019/20[21]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[21]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 68%[22] 24%[22]
2019/20 64%[21] 20%[21] 17%[21] 1%[21]

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
3 Mar 2026[23]
Type
S5 Inspection[23]
Report published
8 May 2026[23]
Inclusion
Expected standard[23]
Achievement
Expected standard[23]
Safeguarding standards
Met[23]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[23]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[23]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[23]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[23]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[23]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 Apr 2023[24] S5 Inspection[24] Requires improvement[24]
22 Jun 2022[25] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[25] No overall grade[25]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Applications (any preference)
398 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences
244 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Places offered
268 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 409[26] 246[26] 312[26] 1.3[26] 0.8[26]
Entry Sept 2024 494[26] 268[26] 307[26] 1.6[26] 0.9[26]
Entry Sept 2023 643[26] 356[26] 358[26] 1.8[26] 1.0[26]
Entry Sept 2022 690[26] 323[26] 373[26] 1.8[26] 0.9[26]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[27]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
390 Entry Sept 2027[27]

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
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
2455[1]
Trust
BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.sgs.uk.net/[1]
District
Horsham[28]
Postcode
BN44 3RX[1]
URN
148221[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1944 2024/25[29]
English as an additional language
2.9% 2024/25[29]
SEN support
19.9% 2024/25[29]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[29]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.1% 2024/25[29]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.4%[30]
Mixed
4.2%[30]
Asian
2.4%[30]
Black
1.1%[30]
Any other ethnic group
0.1%[30]
Unclassified
0.8%[30]

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.
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  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  27. sgs.uk.net: sgs.uk.net — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The School will consid er first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026 (p. 5)
    The published admission number for Steyning Grammar School is 390 pupils for year 7 in 2027/8. (p. 5)
  28. 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.
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