Which school had the best GCSE results in West Sussex in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, St Oscar Romero Catholic School topped the table in West Sussex with 58.6. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest West Sussex GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in West Sussex are on the main West Sussex GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in West Sussex show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

West Sussex GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

36 state secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 4 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 11 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest West Sussex GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 40 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

36 of 40 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	St Oscar Romero Catholic School Worthing · Voluntary aided school	58.6	+1.10 (0.87 to 1.33)	72%	90%	5.06	144
2	Millais School Horsham · Community school	58.2	+0.49 (0.32 to 0.65)	67%	86%	5.45	294
3	St Philip Howard Catholic School Bognor Regis · Academy converter	57.7	+0.60 (0.39 to 0.80)	63%	80%	4.98	189
4	Tanbridge House School Horsham · Community school	57.3	+0.71 (0.55 to 0.87)	68%	84%	4.93	304
5	Downlands Community School Hassocks · Community school	57.2	+0.58 (0.40 to 0.76)	66%	83%	5.34	237
6	Bishop Luffa School, Chichester Chichester · Academy converter	56.5	+0.38 (0.20 to 0.57)	62%	85%	4.90	241
7	Shoreham Academy Shoreham-by-Sea · Academy sponsor led	55.4	+0.41 (0.25 to 0.57)	65%	83%	5.08	299
8	Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing Worthing · Voluntary controlled school	54.7	+0.23 (0.06 to 0.41)	60%	75%	4.61	255
9	Durrington High School Worthing · Academy converter	54.1	+0.41 (0.25 to 0.57)	59%	79%	4.50	311
10	Warden Park Secondary Academy Haywards Heath · Academy converter	53.5	+0.10 (-0.06 to 0.27)	46%	67%	4.66	293
11	Weald School, The Billingshurst · Community school	52.6	+0.30 (0.13 to 0.46)	57%	76%	4.67	297
12	Worthing High School Worthing · Academy converter	52.4	+0.15 (-0.05 to 0.34)	57%	78%	4.79	200
13	Hazelwick School Crawley · Academy converter	52.1	+0.52 (0.36 to 0.68)	55%	75%	4.78	296
14	Sackville School East Grinstead · Community school	51.9	+0.26 (0.09 to 0.44)	54%	75%	4.75	267
15	Oathall Community College Haywards Heath · Community school	51.8	+0.25 (0.04 to 0.45)	53%	72%	4.80	200
16	Midhurst Rother College Midhurst · Academy sponsor led	51.6	+0.37 (0.16 to 0.57)	55%	75%	4.56	191
17	St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley Crawley · Voluntary aided school	50.6	-0.04 (-0.26 to 0.19)	53%	81%	4.21	155
18	Imberhorne School East Grinstead · Community school	49.7	+0.10 (-0.08 to 0.28)	48%	71%	4.46	252
19	Bohunt School Worthing Worthing · Academy sponsor led	49.6	-0.18 (-0.39 to 0.04)	42%	74%	4.47	172
20	Oriel High School Crawley · Community school	49.5	+0.19 (0.00 to 0.37)	50%	66%	4.27	233
21	Steyning Grammar School Steyning · Academy converter	48.5	+0.02 (-0.13 to 0.17)	43%	68%	4.08	372
22	The Burgess Hill Academy Burgess Hill · Academy sponsor led	48.4	+0.03 (-0.19 to 0.24)	49%	72%	4.15	170
23	The Regis School West Sussex · Academy sponsor led	47.8	+0.53 (0.34 to 0.71)	54%	70%	4.20	245
24	Felpham Community College Bognor Regis · Community school	46.9	+0.06 (-0.12 to 0.24)	42%	65%	3.93	238
25	Ormiston Six Villages Academy Chichester · Academy sponsor led	45.5	-0.02 (-0.35 to 0.30)	37%	51%	3.71	75
26	The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Sompting · Academy sponsor led	45.3	-0.24 (-0.45 to -0.03)	42%	66%	4.20	175
27	Bourne Community College Emsworth · Foundation school	44.6	-0.15 (-0.39 to 0.09)	38%	53%	3.34	141
28	Chichester Free School Chichester · Free schools	44.2	-0.32 (-0.58 to -0.05)	40%	62%	3.84	120
29=	St Andrew's CofE High School Worthing · Voluntary aided school	44.1	-0.03 (-0.30 to 0.23)	32%	61%	3.80	114
29=	The Angmering School Littlehampton · Community school	44.1	-0.33 (-0.51 to -0.14)	40%	59%	3.54	222
31	Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley Crawley · Voluntary aided school	44.0	-0.27 (-0.46 to -0.07)	36%	61%	3.56	208
32	Chichester High School Chichester · Academy converter	42.2	-0.40 (-0.58 to -0.22)	25%	57%	3.56	243
33	The Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton · Academy sponsor led	38.3	-0.68 (-0.86 to -0.51)	31%	51%	3.23	258
34	The Academy, Selsey Chichester · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.52 (-0.88 to -0.15)	21%	45%	2.88	58
35	The Gatwick School Crawley · Free schools	35.4	-0.73 (-1.05 to -0.41)	23%	51%	2.98	84
36	Thomas Bennett Community College Crawley · Academy converter	35.0	-0.81 (-1.02 to -0.59)	20%	41%	2.94	181
–	Bohunt Horsham Horsham · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Ifield Community College Crawley · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Paul's Catholic College Burgess Hill · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Forest School Horsham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in West Sussex with published 2022 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Ardingly College Haywards Heath · Other independent school	11.4	0%	130
Burgess Hill Girls Burgess Hill · Other independent school	53.2	0%	39
Christ's Hospital Horsham · Other independent school	10.9	0%	140
Farlington School Horsham · Other independent school	34.3	0%	31
Hurstpierpoint College Hassocks · Other independent school	13.7	0%	164
Lancing College Lancing · Other independent school	33.4	0%	132
Our Lady of Sion School West Sussex · Other independent school	51.9	2%	57
Seaford College Other independent school	27.2	0%	136
Shoreham College Other independent school	60.3	73%	52
Slindon College Arundel · Other independent school	16.6	0%	9
Worth School Crawley · Other independent school	34.2	0%	127

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main West Sussex GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in West Sussex on our composite score

West Sussex GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in West Sussex with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in West Sussex

West Sussex GCSE results: common questions