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Horndean Technology College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,288Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 116437URN

Barton Cross, Horndean, Waterlooville, PO8 9PQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.2 below Hampshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire

440 applications for 263 places · 39th of 68 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.7of 90
27th of 69 in Hampshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 5 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Hampshire median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

440 applications · 263 places offered · 248 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hampshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262634401.72480.94
Sep 20252633871.52360.90
Sep 20242674741.82460.92
Sep 20232634051.52500.95
Sep 20222603401.32320.89
Sep 20212583521.42100.81
Sep 20202313161.41920.83
Sep 20192703911.52640.98
Sep 20182673811.42560.96
Sep 20172594411.72510.97
Sep 20162944481.52740.93
Sep 20152954101.42730.93
Sep 20142353701.62320.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

241 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.727th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%39th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24147.741%67%–
2024/2522647.846%74%–
2023/2427145.544%69%−0.10
2022/2325746.844%67%−0.21

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
116437 · 850/4173
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,375 pupils · 1,288 on roll
Free school meals
20.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Barton Cross, Horndean, Waterlooville, PO8 9PQ
Local authority
Hampshire · East Hampshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources