St Philip Howard Catholic School

Term dates

We haven't checked West Sussex's term dates yet. See the school's website.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 257 families put this school as their first choice, and 203 places were offered. 195 of the families who put it first got a place (76%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 14 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Sixth form

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1322 (capacity 1033)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton

Academy trust

BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01243552055

Address

Elm Grove South, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN

Website

sphcs.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports