Cornfield School, Littlehampton

State-Funded School

cornfield-school-littlehampton-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

Bognor Regis and LittlehamptonConstituency

BN17 6HYPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Cornfield School, Littlehampton is a state-funded special for pupils aged 8–16, located in West Sussex, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 83 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 19 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 5.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.33

Ethnicity

White

95%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

100%Boys

0%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

70%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 8 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 83
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 30 June 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
6 Sept 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.