1
Tanbridge House School
Horsham • West Sussex • RH12 1SR
1
17 Jul 2024
Top 10 Secondary schools in West Sussex
Updated for the latest inspections (median graded year: 2022)
This Top 10 showcases secondary schools in the county of West Sussex. It’s built from the latest graded Ofsted inspections. We rank Outstanding (grade 1) above Good (grade 2), then prioritise newer inspections. As tie-breakers, we consider the “Quality of education” sub-judgement (where available), then %FSM and school size.
Total secondary schools
35
Outstanding
8
Good
22
Median inspection year
2022
Ofsted grade mix (graded schools)
O: 26% · G: 71% · RI: 3% · I: 0%
2
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing
Worthing • West Sussex • BN11 2JX
1
15 Jul 2024
3
Midhurst Rother College
Midhurst • West Sussex • GU29 9DT
1
17 Jun 2024
4
Shoreham Academy
Shoreham-by-Sea • West Sussex • BN43 6YT
1
18 Mar 2024
5
Hazelwick School
Crawley • West Sussex • RH10 1SX
1
12 Nov 2023
6
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill • West Sussex • RH15 8GA
1
26 Apr 2023
7
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Chichester • West Sussex • PO19 3HP
1
30 Jan 2023
8
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis • West Sussex • PO22 0EN
1
17 May 2016
9
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley
Crawley • West Sussex • RH11 8JE
2
14 Dec 2023
10
St Andrew's CofE High School
Worthing • West Sussex • BN14 8BG
2
31 May 2023
How we rank these schools
- Headline Ofsted grade: Outstanding (1) outranks Good (2), then RI (3), then Inadequate (4).
- More recent graded inspection dates rank higher.
- Where available, we use the Quality of education sub-judgement as a tie-breaker.
- Lower free school meals (%) may break remaining ties.
- Larger roll (pupil count) is a final tie-breaker.
Only the ten highest-ranked schools are shown; we also list “near misses” just below.
About Ofsted grades
- Outstanding (1): Highest judgement across key areas.
- Good (2): Strong effectiveness; meets standards consistently.
- Requires improvement (3): Not yet good; clear areas to improve.
- Inadequate (4): Significant weaknesses found.
Ungraded Section 8 visits check whether the previous graded judgement still stands, but they don’t replace it.
Data freshness & coverage
We refresh inspections and school snapshots regularly. If a school was inspected very recently, its report may not yet appear here.
Top-10 pages only appear for areas with at least 10 secondary schools that have a graded Ofsted inspection.
Map of the Top 10
Also highly rated nearby
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy 2 • Jan 2023
- The Angmering School 2 • Dec 2022
- Thomas Bennett Community College 2 • Nov 2022
- Downlands Community School 2 • Nov 2022
- Millais School 2 • Nov 2022
- Durrington High School 2 • May 2022
- The Littlehampton Academy 2 • Mar 2022
- The Sir Robert Woodard Academy 2 • Nov 2021
- The Burgess Hill Academy 2 • May 2019
- The Academy, Selsey 2 • May 2019