Chichester High School, Chichester

In 2026, pupils at Chichester High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in West Sussex and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in West Sussex and 47% in England.

That is up from 39 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.43: pupils made below 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 28.8, against 47.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 92 families put Chichester High School as their first choice and 368 named it as one of their preferences, for 151 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Chichester High School are Chichester High Schools Sixth Form (0.1 miles); Chichester Free School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Bishop Luffa School, Chichester (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.1); and The Regis School (4.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Chichester High School.

Chichester High School is one of 45 schools run by The Kemnal Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.2 in 2024/25.

122 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Chichester High School (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 77% say their child is happy there and 45% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (80%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (45%).

Of the 250 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 56% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 79 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 49% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 199 pupils (16.7%) received SEN support and 26 (2.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Chichester Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (adjacent), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 358 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, Chichester High School issued 468 suspensions, 37.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Chichester High School are St Richard's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Kingsham Primary School (0.2 miles), Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School (0.6 miles) and St. Joseph's CofE Junior School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.