Bishop Luffa School

Campus

The school features a campus of 7.2 hectares including the main school building, external sports hall, a multi-use games area (MUGA), and two large grass sport fields.

Other rooms/areas: Bartlett Hall, Stage, Library, Conference Room, Sixth Form Centre, Reception, Bridge club, Bike Shed, The Quiet Area, and The Sixth Form Library.

Sixth form

There is an integral sixth form at Bishop Luffa for students who wish to continue their education after the age of sixteen, with an annual intake of around 160. Although 140 existing pupils are given priority, twenty pupils from other schools are also accepted each year for entry in Year 12. A wide range of subjects can be studied, including Business Studies, Computing, Law and Economics. The school also offers the new AQA Baccalaureate 'Bacc' hybrid qualification, including a 100-hour self-directed project.

A2 level pass rates at Bishop Luffa are above the national average. In 2017, for co-educational State schools in West Sussex, Bishop Luffa pupils achieved the 3rd highest average individual point scores (11th overall).

Academic performance

The school's admission policy is non-academically selective. In 2017, amongst co-educational State Secondaries, the school was rated the highest in West Sussex (4th overall) against the new 'Attainment 8' Key GCSE subject scores per pupil, including English, Maths, Sciences and Humanities. The (October 2008 and November/December 2022) Ofsted reports rated the school as uniformly "outstanding" across all metrics.

In 2008 the school was praised by the Anglican schools inspectorate for its Christian religious character and met minimum standards.

Houses

Years 7–11 are split into 8 house groups, each named after former Bishops of Chichester. The house Andrewes was previously Bell, changed in 2016 after sexual abuse allegations made against Bell, albeit subsequently rehabilitated. The full list of houses are: Andrews, Burrows, King, Otter, Ridgeway, Sherborne, Story and Wilson.

Notable former pupils

• Jonathan Ansell (born 1982), musician
• Jess Breach (born 1997), England Women's Rugby Team
• Charlotte Hawkins (born 1975), television and radio presenter
• Rupert Holliday-Evans, actor
• Cara Horgan (born 1984), actress
• Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE (born 1966), financier
• Alex Preston (born 1979), novelist and journalist
• Samuel Preston (born 1982), singer
• Stuart Matthew Price (born 1983), singer, composer, and theatrical producer
• Linus Roache (born 1964), actor
• Joel Ward (born 1989), footballer
• Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (born 1967), BBC foreign correspondent

References

References

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4. "All schools and colleges in West Sussex - GOV.UK - Find and compare schools in England".
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6. "2008 Ofsted report".
7. "Anglican school inspection report".
8. (2016-05-05). "George Bell: The battle for a bishop's reputation". BBC News.
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