The Academy, Selsey
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.11 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Academy, Selsey is a secondary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Academy, Selsey 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 | 5.11 mi |
| 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.11 miles away, the 4th longest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.49 miles.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 111 first-choice applications for 116 offers: 107 offers went to first-choice families, so 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in West Sussex.
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
- School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 9EH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 523 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at school and recognise that both behaviour and the way they are taught have recently improved.”
- “As a result, they are increasingly confident in their learning, and in planning their next steps in education training or employment.”
- “Many pupils rise to the school’s high expectations of behaviour and attitudes to learning.”
To improve
- “Previously, some pupils did not achieve well enough in their GCSEs, meaning they were not always well prepared for their next steps.”
- “However, as yet, the proportion of pupils choosing to study the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects remains low.”
- “However, the school does not always ensure that pupils regularly practise applying their prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38 | 46 |
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: 111 first-preference applications, 116 offers in total, 107 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 5.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chichester High School 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Felpham Community College 7.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Luffa School, Chichester 7.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy 9.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip Howard Catholic School 9.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bourne Community College 9.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Littlehampton Academy 12.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published