Bishop Luffa School


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.
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Campus

The school features a campus of 7.2 hectares including the main school building, external sports hall, a multi-use games area, and two large grass sport fields.
Room typeShortened room name
and amount		What is taught in the room
Humanities RoomsH1 – H14History, Geography, RE
Science RoomsS1 – S12Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Computer RoomsIT1 – IT4Computer Science, I-Media
Language RoomsL1 – L7Latin, Spanish, German, French
Technology RoomsT1 – T6Product design, Textiles, Food Tech
Maths RoomsM1 – M9Maths
English RoomsE1 – E9English
Art RoomsA1 – A9Art, Drama, Dance, Music, Media studies

Other rooms/areas: Bartlett Hall, Stage, Library, Conference Room, Sixth Form Centre, Reception, Bridge club, Bike Shed, The Quiet Area, 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, twenty pupils from other schools are also accepted each year for entry in Year 12. 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.
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.

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 against the new 'Attainment 8' Key GCSE subject scores per pupil, including English, Maths, Sciences and Humanities.
The Ofsted reports rated the school as uniformly "outstanding" across all metrics.
In 2008 the school was praised by the Anglican schools inspectorate for its Christian religious character and met minimum standards.

Houses

Years 7–11 are split into 8 house groups, each named after former Bishops of Chichester. The house Andrewes was previously Bell (bishop)|Bell], changed in 2016 after sexual abuse allegations made against Bell, albeit subsequently rehabilitated. The full list of houses are: Andrews, Burrows, King, Otter, Ridgeway, Sherborne, Story and Wilson.

Notable former pupils