Bishop Luffa School, Chichester, Chichester

From the headteacher's welcome: "Joining the Sixth Form at Bishop Luffa will allow you to benefit from good, sound advice on your final A level course choices; belonging to a close-knit tutor group led by a tutor with considerable Sixth Form experience; outstanding teaching from highly experienced and committed staff; fantastic extra-curricular opportunities; and outstanding pastoral and academic support."

In 2026, pupils at Bishop Luffa School, Chichester averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in West Sussex and 47 across England.

65% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in West Sussex and 47% in England.

That is up from 52.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.21: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41.7, against 56.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 287 families put Bishop Luffa School, Chichester as their first choice and 659 named it as one of their preferences, for 232 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 63 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bishop Luffa School, Chichester are Chichester High Schools Sixth Form (1.1 miles); Chichester High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42); Chichester Free School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); and The Regis School (5.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.9).

Bishop Luffa School, Chichester's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Bishop Luffa School, Chichester is one of 6 schools run by Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 239 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 184 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 33% into work. 34% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Fishbourne Rail Station, about 1150 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Wilfrid Road (opposite), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 267 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in West Sussex (103), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bishop Luffa School, Chichester issued 43 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Bishop Luffa School, Chichester are Parklands Community Primary School (0.3 miles), Fishbourne CofE Primary School (0.6 miles), Jessie Younghusband Primary School (0.6 miles) and St. Joseph's Infant School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.