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Best secondary schools in West Sussex

35 of 40 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all West Sussex schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St Oscar Romero Catholic School Worthing 0.89 Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 St Philip Howard Catholic School Bognor Regis 0.68 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Shoreham Academy Shoreham-by-Sea 0.56 Outstanding about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Downlands Community School Hassocks 0.53 Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Paul's Catholic College Burgess Hill 0.53 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Weald School, The Billingshurst 0.44 Not judged improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Tanbridge House School Horsham 0.4 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing Worthing 0.34 Outstanding improving about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Hazelwick School Crawley 0.3 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Durrington High School Worthing hidden gem 0.29 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Oathall Community College Haywards Heath 0.28 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Warden Park Secondary Academy Haywards Heath 0.28 Good about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 The Regis School West Sussex 0.25 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Millais School Horsham hidden gem 0.22 Good undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Bishop Luffa School, Chichester Chichester 0.21 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 St Andrew's CofE High School Worthing hidden gem 0.18 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Bourne Community College Emsworth hidden gem 0.15 Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Worthing High School Worthing 0.11 Good improving about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Oriel High School Crawley 0.1 Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Midhurst Rother College Midhurst 0.02 Outstanding about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Steyning Grammar School Steyning -0.02 Requires improvement about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Sackville School East Grinstead -0.04 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Imberhorne School East Grinstead -0.05 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Bohunt School Worthing Worthing hidden gem -0.06 Good undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley Crawley -0.08 Good oversubscribed 1.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Ormiston Six Villages Academy Chichester -0.1 Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Sompting -0.18 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 The Academy, Selsey Chichester -0.25 Not judged improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley Crawley hidden gem -0.31 Good undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 The Angmering School Littlehampton hidden gem -0.41 Good undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Chichester High School Chichester -0.43 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 The Burgess Hill Academy Burgess Hill hidden gem -0.46 Good undersubscribed 0.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Felpham Community College Bognor Regis -0.47 Good improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 The Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton hidden gem -0.69 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Thomas Bennett Community College Crawley hidden gem -0.95 Good improving undersubscribed 0.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in West Sussex

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of West Sussex, not a fairer one.

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