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Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre

Mixed · ages 11–18West Sussex, South East · Worthing BN11 2LYSchool website
Pupils on roll
25of 25 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
7
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 24.9, 29% 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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolWest SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)24.946.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths43%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score1.214.074.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort18%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 language11%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
Mathematics686%88%0%22%50%
English Language686%89%17%20%50%
English Literature571%86%21%
Statistics343%5%20%
Biology343%23%45%
Food Preparation and Nutrition343%8%21%
History114%41%26%
Chemistry114%23%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies1

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.