Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Southampton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 27 June 2023Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 17 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry608 applications · 191 places offered · 299 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.2; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2025 3.1; Southampton median median 1.9
- 2024 3.1; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2023 3.2; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2022 3.2; Southampton median median 1.5
- 2021 3.7; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2020 3.4; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2019 3.5; Southampton median median 1.8
- 2018 2.4; Southampton median median 2.2
- 2017 2.2; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Southampton median median 1.8
- 2015 2.1; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2014 2.1; Southampton median median 2.0
- This school
- Southampton 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 191 | 608 | 3.2 | 299 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 553 | 3.1 | 282 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 182 | 562 | 3.1 | 290 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2023 | 182 | 583 | 3.2 | 290 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2022 | 176 | 558 | 3.2 | 268 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2021 | 171 | 630 | 3.7 | 277 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 602 | 3.4 | 271 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2019 | 174 | 606 | 3.5 | 291 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2018 | 203 | 480 | 2.4 | 250 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 | 197 | 424 | 2.2 | 197 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 164 | 329 | 2.0 | 151 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 162 | 334 | 2.1 | 160 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 149 | 313 | 2.1 | 160 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 200 | 57.8 | 67% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 60.0 | 69% | 87% | – |
| 2023/24 | 197 | 58.7 | 70% | 86% | +0.82 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 59.2 | 66% | 89% | +0.86 |
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
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College SouthamptonThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.2applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · SouthamptonOutstanding20242.9applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SouthamptonGood20242.1applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · SouthamptonStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · HampshireStandards maintained20242.5applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · SouthamptonRemains Outstanding20221.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · HampshireRemains Good20241.5applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · SouthamptonGood20222.0applications per place 31.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · SouthamptonGood20224.2applications per place
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 116507 · 852/5415
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,034 pupils · 1,031 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Leaside Way, Swaythling, Southampton, SO16 3DQ
- Local authority
- Southampton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources