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Oak Grove College

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formWest Sussex, South East · Worthing BN13 1JXSchool website
Pupils on roll
274of 276 places
Free school meals
49.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
49
Ofsted
School remains Good, 12 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 38 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oak Grove College in 2023, 0% stayed on in Oak Grove College’s own sixth form (West Sussex average 26%), 45% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in West Sussex and England.

Oak Grove College
West Sussex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureOak Grove CollegeWest SussexEngland
Pupils in the cohort388,692607,348
Any sustained destination84%94%92%
Stayed in education84%88%86%
— school sixth form0%26%34%
— sixth form college0%20%13%
— further education college45%41%37%
— other education39%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown11%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in West Sussex

Chichester High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,191 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.