Barnham school is top of the league

The government's figures showed that St Philip Howard Catholic High School had both the best GCSE and A level results last summer.

Almost two out of three students - 65 per cent - achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE.

This success put the school 14th in West Sussex.

Similarly, for A-levels the points score for each candidate at St Philip Howard was 702.3. This earned it 22nd place around the county.

Felpham Community College had 48 per cent of its GCSE students achieving five A*-C grades at GCSE with an average A-level points score of 686.9. These put it in 33rd and 25th places for those exams.

Westergate Community College was 37th in West Sussex with 44 per cent of pupils gaining five A*-C grade GCSE passes. It does not have a sixth form.

At Bognor Regis Community College, the success rate for five A*-C grades was 33 per cent - for 44th place in West Sussex - with an average A-level points score of 572.1 for 31st position.

The value added score for pupils' results at GCSE was highest for St Philip Howard. Felpham, Bognor and Westergate were closely grouped together just behind.

But truancy figures show St Philip Howard among the worst for the number of unauthorised absences.

Its pupils missed 1.4 per cent of half-days to place the school 8th out of 37 in West Sussex.

Bognor's unauthorised half-days amounted to 1 per cent for 15th place. Westergate had 0.8 per cent of missed half days to occupy 18th place, with Felpham 28th with 0.5 per cent of missed half days.

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