St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · West Sussex
Goring Street, Worthing, BN12 5AF
77
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 29/04/2025
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.8%
14.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,144
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
175 of 239 families who put it first got an offer
178
Places offered
624
Total applications
3.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 239 | 175 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 234 | 2 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 151 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 624 | 178 | 29% |
1st preference success by year
West Sussex lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Peter Byrne
- Address
- Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 5AF
- Phone
- 01903241368
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward / constituency
- Goring · Worthing West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 126096
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,144 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
29 April 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding - 23
05 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,036 pupils
Attendance
94.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.89 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 83% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.85 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 79.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 62.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.01 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 195 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| A-level students | 1 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 193 | 35% | 67% | 85% | |
| English Language | 193 | 27% | 66% | 84% | |
| English Literature | 191 | 25% | 66% | 82% | |
| Combined Science | 163 | 20% | 64% | 82% | |
| Religious Studies | 161 | 52% | 80% | 90% | |
| Geography | 106 | 40% | 72% | 84% | |
| History | 87 | 24% | 62% | 76% | |
| Spanish | 84 | 21% | 55% | 81% | |
| Drama | 53 | 19% | 89% | 100% | |
| French | 41 | 22% | 49% | 61% | |
| Art and Design | 30 | 57% | 90% | 100% | |
| Biology | 27 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through West Sussex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.