Community special school

Cornfield School, Littlehampton

Boys · ages 8–16West Sussex, South East · Littlehampton BN17 6HYSchool website
Pupils on roll
83of 72 places
Free school meals
69.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
12
Ofsted
Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Cornfield School, Littlehampton in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 22% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Cornfield School, Littlehampton is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 5.7, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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.

This school
West Sussex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Pupils in the cohort98,692607,348
Any sustained destination89%94%92%
Stayed in education67%88%86%
— school sixth form0%26%34%
— sixth form college0%20%13%
— further education college67%41%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment22%3%3%
No sustained destination11%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)5.746.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths8%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score0.334.074.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort67%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%11%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language758%89%0%20%14%
Mathematics758%88%0%22%43%
Fine Art325%9%28%
English Literature18%86%21%

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.