local paper, the victory was made even more impressive by the fact that only two of the St Andrew's rugby team played rugby regularly outside of school. A synthetic turf pitch was built and opened in 2005. Student Voice group "Make Learning Better" was created. The Chapel was extended into the indoor pond in 2008 to accommodate the new year 7 pupils. In April 2009, Mr Steve Jewell, Headmaster, left to become the Principal at Littlehampton Academy. On 20 April 2009 Steve Mercer had taken over as Headteacher of the school. 2010s During the 2009-10 summer holiday break, the school began a 'facelift' project, including a complete refurbishment of the school canteen and new lighting/fans in the main hall. 2010 saw another student voice created in addition to MLB, "SUSTAIN". In 2011 an outdoor classroom was built by SUSTAIN and opened in 2012. The school completed a building project in 2012 which added a new reception area, offices and meeting rooms. Further to this, another building project took place, completed in 2016 to add more classrooms to the school. An investment by the Local Authority funded the building of a new Technology Block and a new Arts block together with new catering facilities. Following a grading of 3 from Ofsted (unsatisfactory) in 2013 the school underwent staffing changes. Ofsted returned to the school following these changes and upgraded the school to the category 'Good' shortly after an inspection under SIAMS - Section 48 gave the school 'Good with Outstanding features.' Steve Mercer left the school in February 2017 and was replaced by Ian Straw in an interim capacity. In 2018 Ian Straw resigned to accept a headship at The Forest School in Horsham. He was replaced by Louise Welcome, the school's first female headteacher. In 2020 Louise Welcome resigned. In July 2020 West Sussex County Council announced proposals to alter St Andrew's from a single sex boys’ school to a co-educational school from September 2021 entry. References External links Official school website Buildings and structures in Worthing Secondary schools in West Sussex Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Chichester Educational institutions established in 1897 1897 establishments in England Voluntary aided schools in England