# Bishop Luffa School, Chichester

Bishop Luffa School, Chichester is a secondary school in Chichester, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,600 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E140472. [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,600
- Council: Chichester
- URN: 140472

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), November 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 30 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Bishop Luffa School, Chichester was 55.1, against 44.0 in Chichester and 46.2 in England.
65% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Chichester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 55.1 | 44.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79.3% | 63.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 237 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Parklands Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parklands-community-primary-school-e125921): 520 m. Primary. School remains Good, November 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chichester College Group](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chichester-college-group-e130843): 840 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Fishbourne CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fishbourne-cofe-primary-school-e150592): 1 km. Primary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Jessie Younghusband Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jessie-younghusband-primary-school-e125880): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St. Joseph's Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-infant-school-e148286): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, November 2023
- [St. Joseph's CofE Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-cofe-junior-school-e143553): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140472)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140472)

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