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Park Community School

  • 4–16Ages
  • 1,006Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • 116473URN

Middle Park Way, Leigh Park, Park Community School, Havant, PO9 4BU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.6 below Hampshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire

244 applications for 188 places · 60th of 68 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
27.7of 90
69th of 69 in Hampshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 3 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Hampshire median (1.9) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

244 applications · 188 places offered · 199 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.4; 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 20261882441.31991.06
Sep 20252052441.22000.98
Sep 20241812321.31730.96
Sep 20231822321.31660.91
Sep 20221912371.21860.97
Sep 20211732141.21700.98
Sep 20201952291.21951.00
Sep 20191512041.41470.97
Sep 20181802331.31780.99
Sep 20171542041.31541.00
Sep 20161862371.31820.98
Sep 20151762191.21720.98
Sep 20141982761.41981.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

181 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)27.769th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths7%69th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths25%
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18127.77%25%–
2024/2520128.314%31%–
2023/2417726.912%28%−1.27
2022/2317829.712%34%−1.14

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
All-through
URN · DfE number
116473 · 850/4316
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
950 pupils · 1,006 on roll
Free school meals
62.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Middle Park Way, Leigh Park, Park Community School, Havant, PO9 4BU
Local authority
Hampshire · Havant

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