The Littlehampton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
135745
Address
Fitzalan Road, BN17 6FE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1387 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.4%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.9%
Other White 8.6%
Mixed 3.1%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
African 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.85
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.8
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.78
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award6
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE20
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE95
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Littlehampton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
258
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
233
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
233
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
329
165
164
Year 8
273
138
135
Year 9
255
142
113
Year 10
234
129
105
Year 11
229
114
115
Year 12
27
8
19
Year 13
40
14
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
49.0%
56.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
12.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020