All-through
Chichester Free School
Hunston Road, Chichester, PO20 1NP
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1118 of 1020 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Trust
- SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 89.5
- Pupils per adult
- 11.9
- Pupils
- 1,063
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 May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
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
February 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
40%
44.9
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 67% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
| Attainment 8 | 44.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 68% |
| 24/25 | 67% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.32 |
| 22/23 | -0.46 |
| 23/24 | 0.00 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.2 |
| 22/23 | 40.0 |
| 23/24 | 44.5 |
| 24/25 | 44.9 |
Hunston Road, Chichester, PO20 1NP
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 15 January, 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
- Principal
- James Garner
- Address
- Hunston Road, Chichester, PO20 1NP
- Telephone
- 01243792690