Midhurst Rother College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 8 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
135760
Address
North Street, GU29 9DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1166 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.1%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.7%
Other White 5.2%
Mixed 3.9%
Unclassified 1.4%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.63
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE33
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
DanceGCSE6
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Midhurst Rother College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
220
2nd preference
120
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
55
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
220
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
7
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
91
95
Year 8
222
106
116
Year 9
188
98
90
Year 10
219
110
109
Year 11
219
112
107
Year 12
74
43
31
Year 13
58
34
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
24.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
69.0%
56.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
12.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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