Chichester High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Chichester, 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 🔒
Chichester High School is a secondary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Chichester High School 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.
- 2024/25: 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in West Sussex.
- Year 7 2026: 92 first-choice applications for 151 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 59 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Kingsham Road, Chichester, PO19 8EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Leaders have successfully established a positive and respectful school culture.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “They know a trusted adult that they can go to should problems arise.”
To improve
- “The programme is not yet fully embedded but is already developing pupils’ confidence, resilience and selfawareness.”
- “The school acknowledges that there is still some variability in the implementation of the curriculum, but historic poor outcomes are being rigorously addressed.”
- “Cross-curricular work is considered but not always highlighted sufficiently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 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) | 39 | 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: 92 first-preference applications, 151 offers in total, 92 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.
- Bishop Luffa School, Chichester 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Regis School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip Howard Catholic School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Felpham Community College 5.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bourne Community College 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Academy, Selsey 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Littlehampton Academy 10.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published