Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,600 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Academy converter
Warden Park Secondary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,541of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 292
- Ofsted
- Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Warden Park School (URN 126086, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Warden Park Secondary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 290 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 52% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 52% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.4 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in West Sussex, with 58% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 290 | 8,692 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 26% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 52% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.4 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.58 | 4.07 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 8% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.2 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.4 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 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 | 287 | 98% | 88% | 33% | 22% | 85% |
| English Language | 287 | 98% | 89% | 30% | 20% | 82% |
| English Literature | 279 | 96% | 86% | 27% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 189 | 65% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 69% |
| History | 179 | 61% | 41% | 35% | 26% | 72% |
| Business Studies | 154 | 53% | 18% | 35% | 20% | 84% |
| Physical Education | 95 | 33% | 11% | 24% | 24% | 78% |
| Physics | 93 | 32% | 23% | 47% | 46% | 97% |
| Biology | 93 | 32% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 99% |
| Spanish | 93 | 32% | 19% | 46% | 27% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 92 | 32% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 98% |
| Art and Design | 81 | 28% | 7% | 28% | 24% | 89% |
| Design and Technology | 75 | 26% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 58 | 20% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 66% |
| French | 57 | 20% | 18% | 46% | 29% | 96% |
| Geography | 55 | 19% | 41% | 29% | 25% | 60% |
| Drama | 49 | 17% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 84% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 49 | 17% | 8% | 29% | 21% | 76% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 9% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 78% |
| Music | 26 | 9% | 5% | 42% | 33% | 88% |
| Dance | 21 | 7% | 1% | 57% | 27% | 81% |
| Psychology | 11 | 4% | 3% | 9% | 22% | 64% |
| Statistics | 6 | 2% | 5% | 83% | 20% | 83% |
| Astronomy | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Latin | 4 | 1% | 1% | — | 74% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 23 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 21 | — | — |
Where Warden Park Secondary Academy is
Other secondary schools in West Sussex are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from West Sussex’s allocation statistics.
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.