Chichester High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 21 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
140105
Address
Kingsham Road, PO19 8EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1331 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
9.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
24%
Persistent absence
34.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.9%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 3.8%
Other 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
African 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.3
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.51
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award1
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award102
Speech & DramaTechnical Award1
TourismTechnical Award52
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chichester High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
122
2nd preference
184
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
122
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
20
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
115
123
Year 8
246
122
124
Year 9
203
95
108
Year 10
240
118
122
Year 11
255
114
141
Year 12
69
40
29
Year 13
80
45
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
48.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
70.0%
56.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
12.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
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