St Andrew's CofE High School

St Andrew’s Church of England High School has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, which was rated inadequate. The school is now performing well across various domains, particularly in the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The nurturing environment fosters a sense of respect and responsibility among pupils, which contributes positively to their learning experience. Leaders are ambitious for all pupils, ensuring high expectations for learning and behaviour, and effectively supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Pupils feel cared for and respected.
• Positive and focused learning environment.
• High expectations for pupils’ behaviour and learning.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Broad and balanced curriculum in key stage 3.
• Extensive range of clubs and enrichment activities.
• Effective safeguarding measures in place.
• High staff morale and support for teachers.

Areas for Improvement

• Low number of pupils opting for modern foreign languages at key stage 4.
• Inconsistent support for pupils struggling with reading.
• Some pupils do not attend school regularly.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Andrew's CofE High School attended 88.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 32.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 12.4% of pupils at St Andrew's CofE High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Andrew's CofE High School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 27.2% of pupils at St Andrew's CofE High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Andrew's CofE High School received £8,738 and spent £8,515 for each of its 780 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £315,000 (£404 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Andrew's CofE High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Andrew's CofE High School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was St Andrew's CofE High School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Andrew's CofE High School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does St Andrew's CofE High School have?

St Andrew's CofE High School has 780 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Andrew's CofE High School cover?

St Andrew's CofE High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are St Andrew's CofE High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.7, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Andrew's CofE High School?

St Andrew's CofE High School is at Sackville Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8BG.