Which school had the best GCSE results in West Sussex in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Tanbridge House School topped the table in West Sussex with 56.7, against an England average of 46.3. 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 2023 archive (the 2022/23 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 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

37 state secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 11 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 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 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

37 of 40 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1 , up 3 places since 2022	Tanbridge House School Horsham · Community school	56.7	+0.76 (0.61 to 0.92)	68%	85%	4.88	327
2	St Paul's Catholic College Burgess Hill · Academy converter	56.1	+0.66 (0.45 to 0.88)	57%	81%	4.86	180
3 , up 2 places since 2022	Downlands Community School Hassocks · Community school	56.0	+0.51 (0.33 to 0.70)	62%	85%	5.28	234
4 , down 3 places since 2022	St Oscar Romero Catholic School Worthing · Voluntary aided school	55.5	+0.97 (0.74 to 1.20)	60%	86%	4.81	147
5 , down 3 places since 2022	Millais School Horsham · Community school	54.6	+0.31 (0.15 to 0.47)	56%	80%	5.08	314
6 , up 2 places since 2022	Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing Worthing · Voluntary controlled school	54.4	+0.45 (0.28 to 0.63)	62%	79%	4.55	259
7 , up 3 places since 2022	Warden Park Secondary Academy Haywards Heath · Academy converter	53.4	+0.30 (0.13 to 0.46)	61%	80%	4.63	290
8 , down 5 places since 2022	St Philip Howard Catholic School Bognor Regis · Academy converter	52.7	+0.44 (0.24 to 0.64)	54%	76%	4.46	194
9 , down 2 places since 2022	Shoreham Academy Shoreham-by-Sea · Academy sponsor led	52.2	+0.54 (0.37 to 0.71)	62%	81%	4.79	273
10 , up 5 places since 2022	Oathall Community College Haywards Heath · Community school	51.3	+0.26 (0.06 to 0.45)	59%	75%	4.83	213
11= , down 5 places since 2022	Bishop Luffa School, Chichester Chichester · Academy converter	51.2	+0.22 (0.04 to 0.41)	53%	77%	4.40	240
11= , up 5 places since 2022	Midhurst Rother College Midhurst · Academy sponsor led	51.2	+0.54 (0.34 to 0.75)	57%	81%	4.63	191
13= , up 5 places since 2022	Imberhorne School East Grinstead · Community school	49.3	+0.14 (-0.03 to 0.32)	50%	74%	4.40	258
13= , up 4 places since 2022	St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley Crawley · Voluntary aided school	49.3	+0.09 (-0.14 to 0.32)	50%	75%	4.06	153
15 , down 4 places since 2022	Weald School, The Billingshurst · Community school	49.2	+0.31 (0.15 to 0.47)	52%	69%	4.29	297
16 , down 3 places since 2022	Hazelwick School Crawley · Academy converter	49.1	+0.36 (0.19 to 0.53)	50%	71%	4.52	302
17 , down 5 places since 2022	Worthing High School Worthing · Academy converter	47.8	+0.08 (-0.10 to 0.27)	41%	67%	4.31	225
18 , down 9 places since 2022	Durrington High School Worthing · Academy converter	47.7	+0.15 (-0.01 to 0.31)	49%	66%	3.88	307
19 , up 1 place since 2022	Oriel High School Crawley · Community school	47.5	+0.05 (-0.14 to 0.23)	45%	73%	4.05	244
20 , down 1 place since 2022	Bohunt School Worthing Worthing · Academy sponsor led	47.4	+0.03 (-0.17 to 0.24)	51%	75%	4.22	185
21 , down 7 places since 2022	Sackville School East Grinstead · Community school	46.9	+0.20 (0.03 to 0.38)	45%	64%	4.18	267
22 , down 1 place since 2022	Steyning Grammar School Steyning · Academy converter	46.6	+0.01 (-0.15 to 0.16)	45%	68%	4.01	357
23 , down 1 place since 2022	The Burgess Hill Academy Burgess Hill · Academy sponsor led	44.2	-0.10 (-0.31 to 0.11)	46%	66%	3.72	175
24 , down 1 place since 2022	The Regis School West Sussex · Academy sponsor led	43.4	+0.02 (-0.15 to 0.18)	45%	58%	3.68	292
25 , down 1 place since 2022	Felpham Community College Bognor Regis · Community school	42.8	-0.24 (-0.43 to -0.05)	36%	62%	3.61	213
26 , down 1 place since 2022	Ormiston Six Villages Academy Chichester · Academy sponsor led	42.7	-0.27 (-0.55 to 0.00)	37%	55%	3.45	102
27 , up 4 places since 2022	Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley Crawley · Voluntary aided school	42.4	-0.39 (-0.59 to -0.20)	35%	60%	3.46	209
28 , down 1 place since 2022	Bourne Community College Emsworth · Foundation school	42.2	-0.29 (-0.51 to -0.07)	37%	57%	3.32	164
29 , up 3 places since 2022	Chichester High School Chichester · Academy converter	41.3	-0.30 (-0.48 to -0.12)	33%	56%	3.51	248
30 , down 4 places since 2022	The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Sompting · Academy sponsor led	41.2	-0.30 (-0.51 to -0.09)	38%	61%	3.96	178
31 , down 2 places since 2022	St Andrew's CofE High School Worthing · Voluntary aided school	41.0	-0.17 (-0.43 to 0.09)	31%	58%	3.46	118
32= , down 4 places since 2022	Chichester Free School Chichester · Free schools	40.0	-0.46 (-0.74 to -0.18)	31%	61%	3.40	108
32= , down 3 places since 2022	The Angmering School Littlehampton · Community school	40.0	-0.39 (-0.58 to -0.21)	32%	50%	3.21	232
34	The Academy, Selsey Chichester · Academy sponsor led	37.5	-0.44 (-0.75 to -0.14)	23%	44%	2.86	84
35	The Gatwick School Crawley · Free schools	34.8	-0.94 (-1.21 to -0.67)	24%	41%	3.09	114
36 , down 3 places since 2022	The Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton · Academy sponsor led	33.8	-0.85 (-1.03 to -0.66)	20%	43%	2.78	239
37 , down 1 place since 2022	Thomas Bennett Community College Crawley · Academy converter	31.5	-1.05 (-1.26 to -0.84)	19%	43%	2.72	188
–	Bohunt Horsham Horsham · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Ifield Community College Crawley · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Forest School Horsham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in West Sussex with published 2023 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	12.5	0%	146
Burgess Hill Girls Burgess Hill · Other independent school	51.9	0%	67
Christ's Hospital Horsham · Other independent school	11.1	0%	144
Farlington School Horsham · Other independent school	26.1	0%	40
Hurstpierpoint College Hassocks · Other independent school	12.7	0%	196
Lancing College Lancing · Other independent school	34.5	0%	135
Our Lady of Sion School West Sussex · Other independent school	50.2	0%	52
Seaford College Other independent school	26.9	0%	133
Shoreham College Other independent school	55.6	75%	44
Slindon College Arundel · Other independent school	11.7	6%	17
Worth School Crawley · Other independent school	30.3	0%	141

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; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in West Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in West Sussex with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in West Sussex

West Sussex GCSE results: common questions