Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 4 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
126093
Address
Selborne Road, BN11 2JX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1320 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
7.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
13%
Persistent absence
20.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.7%
Mixed 8%
Other White 4.7%
Other Asian 2%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
African 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 62%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.4
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
TourismTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE39
AstronomyGCSE4
BiologyGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE49
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
268
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
256
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
109
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
244
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
273
0
273
Year 8
268
0
268
Year 9
260
0
260
Year 10
257
0
257
Year 11
262
0
262
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
57.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
28.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022