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Chichester Free School

URN
139668
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Chichester Free School
URN
139668
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

63 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

57

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

41

Destinations

51

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of all-through schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#2 of 3 schools in West Sussex

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Chichester Free School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 1 alternative school identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
10 June 2024
Inspection date
8 May 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 10 June 2024

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 10 June 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

98

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

521

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

98

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

5.32×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
West Sussex
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (West Sussex)
School website
www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select West Sussex to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

83.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

78.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

80.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

67.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

PO20 1NP - Hunston Road, Chichester, West Sussex

Contact details

Address
Hunston Road, Chichester, West Sussex
Postcode
PO20 1NP
Phone
1243792690
Website
www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
West Sussex
Local authority code
938

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 600 schools in West Sussex.

Authority statistics

Total schools

600

Open schools

339

Closed schools

261

Primary schools

357

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 10 June 2024

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 10 June 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 10 June 2024

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 10 June 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    10 June 20248 May 2024S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 10 June 2024
    • Good

      Published
      10 June 2024
      Inspected
      8 May 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    18.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 79

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    44.9

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    40.2%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    71.8%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    36.8%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    17.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    z

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    Not published

    Value added

    Value added

    Not published

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    82.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    5.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    5.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    62

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary357 (59.9%)
    • Secondary62 (10.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other177 (29.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Kingsham Primary School487 mPrimaryOpen
    Kingsham Primary School487 mPrimaryClosed
    Chichester High School for Girls857 mSecondaryClosed
    Chichester High School857 mSecondaryOpen
    Chichester High School for Boys1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    Chichester High School for Boys1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    Chichester High Schools Sixth Form1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    Arabesque School of Performing Arts1.1 kmNot applicableClosed
    Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Rumboldswhyke CofE Infants' School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Kingsham Primary School
      Distance
      487 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Kingsham Primary School
      Distance
      487 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Chichester High School for Girls
      Distance
      857 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Chichester High School
      Distance
      857 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (West Sussex)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bohunt HorshamAll-throughRH12 6APOpen
    The Gatwick SchoolAll-throughRH10 9TPOpen
    • Bohunt Horsham
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      RH12 6AP
      Status
      Open
    • The Gatwick School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      RH10 9TP
      Status
      Open
    Chichester High School for Boys
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Chichester High School for Boys
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Chichester High Schools Sixth Form
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Arabesque School of Performing Arts
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Rumboldswhyke CofE Infants' School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed