Durrington High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Worthing, BN13 1JX
- Distance
- 2.3km away
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 5AF
Local ranking1st of 40 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 57.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 65.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 87.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
1
A-Level Students
- 16-18 Cohort
- 80
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1075
- Boys
- 591 (52%)
- Girls
- 553 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (95% full)
- SEND
- 20.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.9%
- EAL
- 7.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,744/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.5%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
79.5%
White British
5.6%
White Other
2.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 126096
- UKPRN
- 10015379
- Establishment No.
- 4603
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