Durrington High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Worthing, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
24.39 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Durrington High School is a secondary school in Worthing, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 March 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Durrington 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 | 24.39 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 24.39 miles away, longest of 23 West Sussex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was further than in 2023, and every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 4 years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 287 first-choice applications for 325 offers; 286 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 49.8 (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
- The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,572 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this happy and ambitious school.”
- “They know their teachers want them to go ‘beyond their best’.”
- “They work hard to meet these expectations, confident that their teachers will support them.”
To improve
- “In most lessons, teachers check regularly that pupils understand new ideas before moving on, but this is not consistent.”
- “Although it has been designed well, it is not yet fully embedded.”
- “Permanent exclusions remain high but are reducing quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 2022 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.8 | 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: 287 first-preference applications, 325 offers in total, 286 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.
- Worthing High School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Oscar Romero Catholic School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bohunt School Worthing 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE High School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Sir Robert Woodard Academy 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Angmering School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Steyning Grammar School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published