Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing

Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX

1,334 pupils · 99% of 1,350 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Voluntary controlled school
Ages
11–16
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
West Sussex
Free school meals
14.4%

Ofsted

Outstanding (2024)Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 4 June 2024, published 15 July 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score52.1
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)56.6%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)77.9%
Entering the English Baccalaureate23.3%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 1.12 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry265296577265
Sept 2025 entry269249495269
Sept 2024 entry268256516268
Sept 2023 entry268273523268
Sept 2022 entry264242502263
Sept 2021 entry268253540268
Sept 2020 entry270271597270
Sept 2019 entry269260586269

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.