Weald School, The is a secondary school located in Billingshurst. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 24/10/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Website: http://www.theweald.org.uk/
Telephone: 01403787200
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: West Sussex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Sarah Edwards
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 126068

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 24/10/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1812
Number of Pupils: 1804
Number of Boys: 935
Number of Girls: 869

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.31 Confidence interval 0.16 to 0.47
Of the 273 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 259 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:52%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:49%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:49.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.45
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Billingshurst Primary School
Upper Station Road , RH14 9RE
2out of 4 267 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Weald School, The
Station Road , RH14 9RY
4out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.