The Regis School
Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 5LH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Joanne Lewis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,800
- Pupils on roll
- 1,679
- URN
- 137782
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01243871010
About this school
The Regis School is a secondary academy in West Sussex. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,679 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 292 | 265 | 285 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | 44.7 | 43.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.02 -0.15 to +0.18 | +0.25 +0.08 to +0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 52.1% | 43.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 69.4% | 63.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 31.3% | 33.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
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 Regis School 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 | 43.4 | 37.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.7 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.6 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,613 |
| 2023/24 | 1,606 |
| 2024/25 | 1,665 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Regis School compares
The Regis School ranked 26th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 51% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.6 | 8.1% | 25.2% | 1,679 | — |
| Felpham Community College | 41.9 | 8.8% | 20.4% | 1,520 | 1.5 miles |
| St Philip Howard Catholic School | 52.5 | 6.9% | 12.4% | 1,322 | 3.4 miles |
| Ormiston Six Villages Academy | 42.8 | 7.8% | 20.8% | 731 | 3.4 miles |
| Chichester High School | 39 | 10.7% | 29.3% | 1,191 | 4.5 miles |
| Bishop Luffa School, Chichester | 52.6 | 6.9% | 10.5% | 1,600 | 5.6 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.15%
- English as an additional language
- 15.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.05%
- Persistent absence
- 23.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Felpham Community College1.5 miles
Secondary · Bognor Regis
-
St Philip Howard Catholic School3.4 miles
Secondary · Bognor Regis
-
Ormiston Six Villages Academy3.4 miles
Secondary · Chichester
-
Chichester High School4.5 miles
Secondary · Chichester
-
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester5.6 miles
Secondary · Chichester
Other schools in West Sussex
- Portfield Primary Academy Primary
- My Choice School Arundel Special schools
- Our Lady of Sion School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does The Regis School teach?
- The Regis School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in West Sussex.
- Who is the principal of The Regis School?
- The principal of The Regis School is Mrs Joanne Lewis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Regis School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Regis School, 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 Regis School?
- The Regis School has 1,679 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is The Regis School full?
- The Regis School has capacity for 1,800 pupils and 1,679 on roll (93%), 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 Regis School a faith school?
- No. The Regis School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Regis School a selective school?
- No. The Regis School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Regis School?
- The Regis School is part of UNITED LEARNING 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 Regis School have?
- The schools register lists The Regis School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Regis School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.4 in 2022/23 and 43.6 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 Regis School rank locally?
- The Regis School ranked 26th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 51% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% 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 Regis School's absence rate?
- The Regis School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Regis School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Regis School'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.