Downlands Community School
About the school
Downlands Community School is an open secondary school in West Sussex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 4 October 2022
- Published
- 23 November 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 57.3
- West Sussex
- 46.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- West Sussex
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 66.20%
- West Sussex
- 45.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 85.70%
- West Sussex
- 67.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 75.80%
- West Sussex
- 37.40%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 5.33
- West Sussex
- 4.07
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1250
Girls
49.44%
Boys
50.56%
SEN support
20.64%
Education, health and care plan
2.00%
English as an additional language
4.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
8.32%
Overall absence
7.62
Persistent absence
19.07
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
234
Sustained education or employment
97%
Education
94%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
2%