Worthing High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Worthing, BN14 7AR
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Durrington High School
The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Local ranking16th of 40 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 March 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 312
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1606
- Boys
- 907 (58%)
- Girls
- 665 (42%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (95% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.2%
- EAL
- 8.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 17.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 97.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,044/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
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.4%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
82.4%
White British
3.4%
White Other
3.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140713
- UKPRN
- 10045651
- Establishment No.
- 4065
- Trust
- DURRINGTON MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Score
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