Bishop Luffa School
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| Bishop Luffa School | |
| Established | 1963 |
| Type | Voluntary aided |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Nick Taunt |
| Chair of Governors | Dr A.I. Green |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Bishop Luffa Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 3LT England  |
| LEA | West Sussex |
| Ofsted number | 126097 |
| Staff | 80 teaching, 40 support |
| Students | 1379 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Bell, Burrows, King, Otter, Ridgeway, Sherborne, Story and Wilson |
| Colours | Maroon and Gold |
| Website | www.bishopluffa.org.uk |
| Coordinates: 50°50′24″N 0°47′51″W / 50.8400°N 0.7976°W | |
Bishop Luffa School, named after a former Bishop of Chichester, Ralph de Luffa, is a coeducational Church of England secondary school in the City of Chichester, West Sussex, England. The number of enrolled students was around 1,400 in 2006, in eight 'Year' house-forms and the sixth form.
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[edit] New classrooms
The school applied for planning permission for a drama studio to form the start of a new £2.5m creative arts centre for the school[1]. The planning application was approved and the school started construction in August 2006. The drama studio was opened in February 2007.[1][2]
[edit] Sixth form
There is a sixth form at Bishop Luffa for students who wish to continue their education after the age of 16. Although Bishop Luffa pupils are given priority, pupils from other schools are also accepted. A wide variety of courses are available for students including law (taught at the nearby college), computing and economics amongst others. Five GCSE grades A* - C are required to gain entry with a B in each of the subjects that are wished to be studied.
[edit] Teaching aids
The majority of the school's classrooms are equipped with SMART boards to incorporate ICT into learning. Many of the SMART boards have rendered the traditional whiteboard obsolete, in some cases resulting in them being removed.
[edit] Academic performance
It gets the best state school GCSE results in West Sussex LEA[clarification needed] and achieved the sixth best A level results in 2007. Their 2008 Ofsted report rated the school as outstanding "outstanding".[3]The school was praised by the Anglican schools inspectorate for its Christian religious indoctrination.[4]
[edit] Houses
Years 7 - 11 are split into 8 house groups, each named after former Bishops of Chichester:
Bell - Green, Burrows - Blue, King - Pink, Otter - Purple, Ridgeway - Red, Sherbourne - Black, Story - White and Wilson - Yellow
[edit] Alumni
- Former celebrity students at this school include Jonathan Ansell who rose to fame in the pop-opera band G4, who narrowly missed out on winning the X-factor
- Other celebrity students include Samuel Preston, singer of the band the Ordinary Boys and Celebrity Big Brother contestant
- Charlotte McKenna, winner of FHM's 2006 high street honey contest.
- Charlotte Hawkins, Sky News Sunrise presenter.
- Linus Roache, actor son of William Roache of Coronation Street. Appeared in Seaforth, Batman Begins and Law & Order (US Series)
- Rupert Holliday-Evans, actor appeared in various UK TV series including The Bill.
- Cara Horgan, actress appeared in various UK TV series including Lewis (TV series) and Silent Witness.
