St Oscar Romero Catholic School, Worthing

In its own words: "At St Oscar Romero Catholic School we use Future First to help to engage our alumni in activities being held at the school. This is so beneficial to our students and a lot of fun for our alumni too! We know that Britain has a deep social mobility problem. Future First are working to change this."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am extremely proud to introduce and welcome you to St Oscar Romero’s Catholic School. Our aim is simple, we want to be the best school in the country. This means that we can ‘hand on heart’ say that our students get a better deal than if they attended another school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include STEM and Duke of Edinburgh.

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at St Oscar Romero Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in West Sussex and 47 across England.

66% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in West Sussex and 47% in England.

That is up from 55.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.89: pupils made well 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 43.8, against 59.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 289 families put St Oscar Romero Catholic School as their first choice and 681 named it as one of their preferences, for 172 places offered. That is 1.7 first choices for every place. 120 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Oscar Romero Catholic School are Durrington High School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.4); The Angmering School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); Worthing High School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2); and Bohunt School Worthing (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.7).

St Oscar Romero Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

337 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Oscar Romero Catholic School (as of September 2025): 89% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).

Of the 185 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

12.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Goring-by-Sea Rail Station, about 180 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Goring Street (opposite), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Oscar Romero Catholic School issued 12 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Oscar Romero Catholic School are Ferring C of E Primary School (0.4 miles), Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School (0.6 miles), West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School (0.8 miles) and Orchards Infant School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.