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. The planning application was approved and the school started construction in August 2006. The drama studio was opened in February 2007. The school has also extended their sports hall, adding an extension onto the original facility, where the climbing wall is now kept.

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 (such as Tom Meakin). A wide variety of courses are available for students including law,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, except for Maths (A) and Further Maths (requires an A* at GCSE). A level pass rates at Bishop Luffa are well above national average. % Pass rate= 99.2% % A2 entries at grades A or B = 60%

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.

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".The school was praised by the Anglican schools inspectorate for its Christian religious character.

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, Sherborne - Black, Story - White and Wilson - Yellow

Some students go on to successful business careers. One former student is now managing director of the company Jack Wills university outfitters.