Chichester Free School is a all-through school located in Chichester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 07/02/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Hunston Road, Chichester

School Information

Address: Hunston Road, Chichester, PO20 1NP
Website: www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
Telephone: 01243792690
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: West Sussex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Louise New
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139668

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1260
Number of Pupils: 1023
Number of Boys: 478
Number of Girls: 545

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.4 to 1.8
Writing
Average: -0.7 Confidence interval -2.2 to 0.7
Maths
Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -1.6 to 1.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:50%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:2%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.07 Confidence interval -0.35 to 0.22
Of the 86 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 78 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:64%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:100%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.11
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chichester Nursery School
St James Road , PO19 7AB 		3out of 4 1,889 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kingsham Primary School
Hay Road , PO19 8BN 		2out of 4 532 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School
Rumbolds Close , PO19 7UA 		- not rated 1,220 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
North Mundham Primary School
School Lane , North Mundham PO20 1LA 		3out of 4 1,276 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Richard's Catholic Primary School
Cawley Road , PO19 1XB 		3out of 4 1,326 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Portfield Primary Academy
St James Road , Chichester PO19 7HA 		3out of 4 2,057 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chichester High School
Kingsham Road , PO19 8EB 		3out of 4 936 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Westgate , PO19 3HP 		4out of 4 2,927 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chichester College Group
Westgate Fields , PO19 1SB 		- not rated 2,027 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chichester Free School
Hunston Road , PO20 1NP 		3out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chichester High Schools Sixth Form
Kingsham Road , PO19 8AE 		- not rated 1,096 yd Sixth form centres Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Prebendal School
52-55 West Street , PO19 1RT 		- not rated 1,936 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
University of Chichester
Bishop Otter College , College Lane PO19 6PE 		- not rated 2,619 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Anthony's School
Woodlands Lane , PO19 5PA 		4out of 4 2,987 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Westbourne House School
Coach Road , Shopwyke PO20 2BH 		- not rated 3,155 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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