Bishop Luffa School, named after a former Bishop of Chichester, Ralph de Luffa, is a co-educational Church of England secondary school located in Chichester, West Sussex, England. The number of enrolled pupils was around 1,400 in 2010, in eight 'Year' house-forms and the sixth form. The school, formerly a 'Technology College', is now a 'CofE Teaching School', holding Leading Edge status, with national Artsmark and Sportsmark also having been awarded. From its foundation to 2013 the school was a Voluntary Aided establishment, on 1 December 2013 the school successfully converted to Academy status.[1]
The school features a campus of 7.2 hectares[2] including the main school building, external sports hall, a MUGA, and two large grass sport fields.
List of full rooms:
Room type
Shortened room name
and amount
What is taught in the room
(in general)
Humanities Rooms
H1 - H14
History, Geography,
Science Rooms
S1 - S12
Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Information technology
Rooms
IT1 - IT4
Computer Science, I-Media
Language Rooms
L1 - L7
Latin, Spanish, German, French
Technology Rooms
T1 - T6
Product design, Textiles
Maths Rooms
M1 - M9
Maths
English Rooms
E1 - E9
English
Art Rooms
A1 - A9
Art
Other rooms/areas: Bartlett Hall, Stage, Library, Conference Room, Sixth form Centre, Reception, Bridge club, Bike Shed, The Quiet Place and The Sixth Form Library.
Sixth form
There is an integral sixth form at Bishop Luffa for students who wish to continue their education after the age of sixteen, with an annual intake of around 160. Although 140 existing pupils are given priority, 20 pupils from other schools are also accepted each year for entry in Year 12.[3] A wide range of subjects can be studied, including Business Studies, Computing, Law and Economics. The school also offers the new AQA Baccalaureate 'Bacc' hybrid qualification, including a 100-hour self-directed project.[citation needed]
A2 level pass rates at Bishop Luffa are above the national average. In 2017, for co-educational State schools in West Sussex, Bishop Luffa pupils achieved the 3rd highest average individual point scores (11th overall).[4]
Academic performance
The school's admission policy is non-academically selective. In 2017, amongst co-educational State Secondaries, the school was rated the highest in West Sussex (4th overall) against the new 'Attainment 8' Key GCSE subject scores per pupil, including English, Maths, Sciences and Humanities.[5] The (Oct 2008 and November/December 2022) Ofsted reports rated the school as uniformly "outstanding" across all metrics.[6]
In 2008 the school was praised by the Anglican schools inspectorate for its Christian religious character and met minimum standards.[7]
Houses
Years 7 – 11 are split into 8 house groups, each named after former Bishops of Chichester. The house Andrewes was previously Bell, changed in 2016 after sexual abuse allegations made against Bell,[8] albeit subsequently rehabilitated.
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