Felpham Community College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Felpham Community College is a secondary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Felpham Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 13 of the 36 other West Sussex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 3 earlier Year 7 years, though in 2026 every applicant was offered a place.
- Year 7 2026 had 227 first-choice applications for 244 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 17 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Felpham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,520 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “This is a large school where everyone is encouraged to take part in a huge range of exciting extra-curricular activities.”
- “Sixth-form students set an excellent example for younger pupils.”
- “The rights of the individual are respected and celebrated.”
To improve
- “It took the school time to recover from disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
- “However, in some subjects, some pupils are not sufficiently supported and have not achieved as highly as they might.”
- “In 2023, some pupils and sixth-form students performed less well than they should have done in public examinations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 227 first-preference applications, 244 offers in total, 227 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- The Regis School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip Howard Catholic School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Littlehampton Academy 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chichester High School 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Luffa School, Chichester 6.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Academy, Selsey 7.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Angmering School 7.8 mi Good Last distance published