Secondary
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 5AF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1144 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 77.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 980
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
60%
10 points above the Worthing average (50% across 6 schools)
55.1
6.1 above the Worthing average (49.0 across 6 schools)
1st of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Worthing we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.01 |
| Entered the EBacc | 63% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| A level students | 1 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72% |
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +1.10 |
| 22/23 | +0.97 |
| 23/24 | +0.89 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58.6 |
| 22/23 | 55.5 |
| 23/24 | 54.1 |
| 24/25 | 55.1 |
Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 5AF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
West Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Peter Byrne
- Address
- Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 5AF
- Telephone
- 01903241368