West Sussex schools and catchments

West Sussex County Council has 280 primary schools and 87 secondary schools. 12% of West Sussex's schools are private schools. 170 state schools in West Sussex follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 118 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in West Sussex

  1. Outstanding 29
  2. Good 215
  3. Requires Improvement 34
  4. Inadequate 4

Most popular state schools
in West Sussex in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    West Wittering Parochial Church of England School

    Voluntary controlled school • West Wittering, Chichester

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Lavant CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Lavant, Chichester

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Turners Hill CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Turners Hill, Crawley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Bramber Primary School

    Community school • Worthing

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Kingslea Primary School

    Community school • Horsham

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill

    Community school • Burgess Hill

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Thakeham Primary School

    Community school • Storrington, Pulborough

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Broadwater CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Worthing

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Aldingbourne Primary School

    Community school • Westergate, Chichester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing

    Community school • Worthing

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School

    Community school • Billingshurst

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Washington, Pulborough

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    South Bersted CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Bognor Regis

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    West Dean CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Chichester

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Burgess Hill

    Voluntary aided school • Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Burgess Hill

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Goring-by-Sea, Worthing

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Easebourne CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Midhurst

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Rake CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Rake, Liss

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Warnham CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Warnham, Horsham

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Westbourne Primary School

    Community school • Westbourne, Emsworth

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Worthing High School

    Academy converter • Worthing

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Bishop Luffa School, Chichester

    Academy converter • Chichester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Downlands Community School

    Community school • Hassocks

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Tanbridge House School

    Community school • Guildford Road, Horsham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Chatsmore Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Goring-By-Sea, Worthing

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Hazelwick School

    Academy converter • Three Bridges, Crawley

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley

    Voluntary aided school • Crawley

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    St Paul's Catholic College

    Voluntary aided school • Burgess Hill

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Shoreham Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Shoreham-by-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    St Philip Howard Catholic School

    Academy converter • Barnham, Bognor Regis

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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