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Chichester Free School

All-through Free school in Chichester PO20 1NP

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  • School Reference Number: 139668
  • Address: Hunston Road, Chichester PO20 1NP
  • Principal: Mrs Louise New
  • Telephone: 01243 792690
  • Website: chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
  • Managing Organisation: Sussex Learning Trust
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: Free schools
  • Phase: All-through
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,020
  • Local Education Authority: West Sussex
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 4 to 19
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2013* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 08/05/2024

Rating published on 10/06/2024

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Early years provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
8 May 2024 11 June 2024 School inspection Good
6 February 2019 19 March 2019 Full inspection Good
10 June 2015 3 July 2015 Full inspection Good

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number139668
Local Authority Code938
Local Authority NameWest Sussex
Establishment Number4006
School / College NameChichester Free School
Establishment Type Code35
Establishment typeFree schools
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date09-09-2013
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 7
Phase of educationAll-through
Age range Low4
Age range High19
Boarders Code0
BoardersNot applicable
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,020
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils1,063
Number of Boys534
Number of Girls529
Percentage Free School Meals12.50
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code5214
Academy trust or TrustSUSSEX LEARNING TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorSussex Learning Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10041694
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date24-01-2025
StreetHunston Road
Locality
Address3
TownChichester
County (name)West Sussex
PostcodePO20 1NP
Websitewww.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
Telephone01243792690
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameLouise
Headteacher/Principal last nameNew
Headteacher/Principal Job TitlePrincipal
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000225
DistrictChichester
Ward CodeE05011680
WardNorth Mundham & Tangmere
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001166
Parliamentary ConstituencyChichester
Urban/Rural CodeD1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
GSS LA CodeE10000032
Easting486781
Northing103323
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Chichester 012
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Chichester 012D
Inspectorate NameOfsted
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
CountryUnited Kingdom
UPRN10002472980
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02006572
LSOA CodeE01031530
Free School Meals133
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN139668
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139668
LAESTAB9384006
School nameChichester Free School
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationFree School
School open date09/09/2013
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityWest Sussex
Parliamentary constituencyChichester
Multi-academy trust UID5214
Multi-academy trust nameSussex Learning Trust
Academy sponsor UID5215
Academy sponsor nameSussex Learning Trust
PostcodePO20 1NP
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile2
Total number of pupils1,063
Statutory lowest age4
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10321976
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date08/05/2024
Publication date10/06/2024
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection139668
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection9384006
School name at time of latest graded inspectionChichester Free School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFree School
Current school type used for chart C6Free school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10085982
Previous inspection start date06/02/2019
Previous publication date18/03/2019
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection139668
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection9384006
School name at time of previous graded inspectionChichester Free School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionFree School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionGood
Previous sixth form provisionGood

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