See our online Guide to Education special supplement for February

Sussex is home to nearly 500 primary schools and more than 150 secondary schools, many of which boast rich and interesting heritages having been around for centuries.

If you are still deciding, most schools will be holding their Open Evenings in the coming weeks.

And here is one common thread that binds it all together, and that is the government inspection agency, Ofsted. Ofsted stands for the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.

To access our special Guide to Education supplements, follow the links for the e-magazine version for each edition:

Chichester Observer series - click here

Worthing Herald and Littlehampton Gazette - click here

The News Portsmouth - click here

West Sussex County Times (Horsham) - click here