Bohunt School Worthing (BSW) is an 11–16 mixed

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with academy status in

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...

, England. It was established in September 2015 and is part of the Bohunt Education Trust. The school opened as part of the change of age of transfer arrangements in Worthing, which saw an end to

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in the town.

History

The school was proposed in 2013 as part of

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's plans to reorganise education in

to remove the three-tier structure, following the award of £13 million in funding to provide additional

places in the town. Proposals were invited for a sponsor to open a new school, with five being received.

Durrington High School Durrington High School is a Coeducational secondary school located in Worthing, West Sussex. The school operated as a high school between 1973 and 2015 as part of Worthing's three-tier provision. From September 2015 the school became a standard ...

was originally selected as the school's sponsor in partnership with

Northbrook College Northbrook College is a further education and higher education college with three campuses: Broadwater Campus and West Durrington Campus in Worthing and Shoreham Airport Campus in Shoreham-by-Sea. It was founded as West Sussex College of Art & D ...

, The Livingstone Foundation Trust and the

University of Brighton The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieve ...

. However, the school later withdrew its support for the proposals, citing concerns about the funding and the site of the school. In September 2014, the Bohunt Education Trust was selected as the replacement sponsor for the new school. However, in December 2014 it too raised concerns about the site of the school, and indicated that it might pull out of the proposed school. The trust appointed a headteacher to the new school in October 2014, with initial building work beginning in the following February 2015. The new building is due to open in 2016, with the school using a temporary structure in the interim following opening in September 2015. The school will open with approximately 50% of its intended places taken up at around 190 students in the first year.

Campus

The school is being built on part of a site previously owned by

in the Broadwater area of Worthing. The site is in a very constrained area, and so no immediate access to sports playing fields are available. The trust and the local authority have undertaken negotiations with

Worthing Borough Council Worthing Borough Council is a district council in the county of West Sussex, based in the borough of Worthing. The borough council was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 out of the existing Worthing Municipal Council, which also ...

to arrange access to the nearby Manor Sports Ground, a public open space, for use by the school. The borough council declined to transfer the ownership of the land to the school, but instead proposed a shared-use arrangement, a new fence was built to keep dogs away from the sports area and a new pedestrian crossing on Broadwater Road which also connects with the southbound bus stop.

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* {{Authority control Worthing Secondary schools in West Sussex Academies in West Sussex Educational institutions established in 2015 2015 establishments in England