Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Foundation special school
Woodlands Meed
- Pupils on roll
- 296of 259 places
- Free school meals
- 32.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 24
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 5 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Newick House School (URN 126164, until 1 September 2012); Court Meadow School, Cuckfield (URN 126165, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Of the 27 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlands Meed in 2023, 0% stayed on in Woodlands Meed’s own sixth form (West Sussex average 26%), 19% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Woodlands Meed | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 27 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 19% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 81% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 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
| Measure | Woodlands Meed | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 0.9 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.07 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 0.0 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 1.4 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 2 | 8% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 4% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| English Language | 1 | 4% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Combined Science | 1 | 4% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Other secondary schools in West Sussex
Bohunt School Worthing
Academy sponsor led · 900 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Bourne Community College
Foundation school · 692 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.1
Chichester Free School
Free schools · 1,118 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Chichester High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,191 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing
Voluntary controlled school · 1,334 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.1
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.