Fordwater School, ChichesterThe Amicus School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Fordwater School, Chichester and The Amicus School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Fordwater School, Chichester was judged Good and The Amicus School was judged Requires improvement.

Side-by-side comparison

Fordwater School, Chichester versus The Amicus School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ChichesterFordwater School, ChichesterArundelThe Amicus SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeCommunity special school Other independent special school
Age range2-19 5-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll193 28
Capacity154 36
LocationChichester, PO19 6PP Arundel, BN18 0SX
GCSE results
Cohort15 2024-251 2022-23
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census193 28
Free school meals (ever 6)37.1% 0.0%
English as an additional language11.9% Not reported
SEN support0.0% 7.1%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 92.9%
Attendance
Overall absence11.6% Not reported6.2%
Persistent absence39.1% Not reported15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Fordwater School, Chichester

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