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Bohunt School Worthing
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
65a Broadwater Road, Worthing BN14 8AH · bohuntworthing.com · 01903 601361
On the mapSearch near BN14 8AH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.7
- average Attainment 8 score. West Sussex 46.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 900
- At capacity · 900 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
- First language not English
- 15.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 132 families put the school first and 161 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 161 | 132 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 178 | 183 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 170 | 158 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 175 | 169 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 177 | 190 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.7, and 44.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across West Sussex it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲53.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.21 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.6 | −1.1 |
| Sixth form college | 16.3 | +6.4 |
| Further education | 70.8 | +0.5 |
| Other education | 2.2 | +1.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | −1.1 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −2.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.9 | −4.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.9 | +0.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 October 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Bohunt School Worthing was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 3 Oct 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (143 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 143
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (25%) with SEND