St Andrew's CofE High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
126094
Address
Sackville Road, BN14 8BG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
739 (61% of total capacity)
Boys
75.5%
Girls
24.5%
First language not English
8.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.8%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.5%
Mixed 6.3%
Unclassified 6.1%
Other White 4.9%
African 2.4%
Other Asian 1.9%
Indian 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 46.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.57
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE26
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
Applied EngineeringGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE101
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Andrew's CofE High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
146
2nd preference
200
3rd preference
234
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
131
62
Year 8
143
88
55
Year 9
174
127
47
Year 10
121
104
17
Year 11
108
108
0
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
87.5%
85.5%
Further education
74.0%
40.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
26.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
11.0%
19.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023