The Littlehampton Academy
Fitzalan Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6FE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Sarah Pringle
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Woodard Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,900
- Pupils on roll
- 1,324
- URN
- 135745
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01903711120
About this school
The Littlehampton Academy is a Christian secondary academy in Littlehampton. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,324 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 239 | 228 | 236 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.8 | 37.3 | 37.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.85 -1.03 to -0.66 | -0.69 -0.88 to -0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 29.8% | 31.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43% | 48.2% | 52.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17% | 29.4% | 13.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Littlehampton Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33.8 | 37.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.3 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.2 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,402 |
| 2023/24 | 1,387 |
| 2024/25 | 1,369 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Littlehampton Academy compares
The Littlehampton Academy ranked 37th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.2 | 12.7% | 25.7% | 1,324 | — |
| The Angmering School | 41 | 10.3% | 21.3% | 1,360 | 2.3 miles |
| St Oscar Romero Catholic School | 55.1 | 5.2% | 13.9% | 1,144 | 4.4 miles |
| St Philip Howard Catholic School | 52.5 | 6.9% | 12.4% | 1,322 | 5.0 miles |
| Felpham Community College | 41.9 | 8.8% | 20.4% | 1,520 | 5.5 miles |
| Durrington High School | 49.8 | 8.9% | 20.2% | 1,572 | 5.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 1 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.72%
- English as an additional language
- 11.6%
- Overall absence
- 12.65%
- Persistent absence
- 34.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Angmering School2.3 miles
Secondary · Littlehampton
-
St Oscar Romero Catholic School4.4 miles
Secondary · Worthing
-
St Philip Howard Catholic School5.0 miles
Secondary · Bognor Regis
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Felpham Community College5.5 miles
Secondary · Bognor Regis
-
Durrington High School5.7 miles
Secondary · Worthing
Other schools in Littlehampton
- The Angmering School Secondary
- East Preston Infant School Primary
- East Preston Junior School Primary
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School Primary
- Lyminster Primary School Primary
- River Beach Primary School Primary
- Rustington Community Primary School Primary
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton Primary
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School Primary
- Summerlea Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Littlehampton Academy teach?
- The Littlehampton Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Littlehampton.
- Who is the principal of The Littlehampton Academy?
- The principal of The Littlehampton Academy is Mrs Sarah Pringle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Littlehampton Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Littlehampton Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Littlehampton Academy?
- The Littlehampton Academy has 1,324 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Littlehampton Academy full?
- The Littlehampton Academy has capacity for 1,900 pupils and 1,324 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Littlehampton Academy a faith school?
- Yes. The Littlehampton Academy is designated Christian.
- Is The Littlehampton Academy a selective school?
- No. The Littlehampton Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Littlehampton Academy?
- The Littlehampton Academy is part of WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Littlehampton Academy have?
- The schools register lists The Littlehampton Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Littlehampton Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 33.8 in 2022/23 and 37.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Littlehampton Academy rank locally?
- The Littlehampton Academy ranked 37th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Littlehampton Academy's absence rate?
- The Littlehampton Academy's overall absence rate is 12.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Littlehampton Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Littlehampton Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.