Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 19 March 2024Graded inspection: Inadequate
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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 entry153 applications · 103 places offered · 96 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 103 | 153 | 1.5 | 96 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 122 | 174 | 1.4 | 122 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 236 | 1.6 | 136 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 166 | 199 | 1.2 | 138 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 147 | 192 | 1.3 | 136 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 248 | 1.4 | 160 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 207 | 1.2 | 153 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 182 | 240 | 1.3 | 157 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 | 191 | 243 | 1.3 | 175 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 161 | 211 | 1.3 | 145 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 166 | 224 | 1.4 | 151 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 208 | 1.4 | 141 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 152 | 225 | 1.5 | 150 | 0.99 |
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.) | 150 | 40.4 | 31% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 37.6 | 22% | 45% | – |
| 2023/24 | 161 | 36.9 | 23% | 42% | −0.84 |
| 2022/23 | 188 | 41.5 | 32% | 51% | −0.69 |
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
- The Arnewood SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses 20261.5applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20232.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20262.7applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · HampshireRemains Good20231.3applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20243.1applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20233.1applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136652 · 850/5402
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 839 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- The Arnewood School (URN 116495)
- Address
- Gore Road, New Milton, BH25 6RS
- Local authority
- Hampshire · New Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources