Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry592 applications · 292 places offered · 266 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 292 | 592 | 2.0 | 266 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 285 | 524 | 1.8 | 244 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 294 | 581 | 2.0 | 227 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 329 | 558 | 1.7 | 280 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 347 | 670 | 1.9 | 331 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 367 | 647 | 1.8 | 302 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 430 | 647 | 1.5 | 447 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 373 | 596 | 1.6 | 404 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 401 | 601 | 1.5 | 420 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 411 | 615 | 1.5 | 432 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 | 372 | 604 | 1.6 | 406 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 | 368 | 682 | 1.9 | 459 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 370 | 679 | 1.8 | 414 | 1.12 |
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.) | 368 | 45.4 | 43% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 427 | 48.6 | 51% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 365 | 49.7 | 49% | 72% | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 391 | 48.1 | 46% | 70% | 0.00 |
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
- Wildern SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.0applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · HampshireGood20233.5applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SouthamptonGood20222.0applications per place 31.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · SouthamptonGood20241.8applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · SouthamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · HampshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · SouthamptonGood20242.1applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Southampton20261.1applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 48.1Attainment 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
- 136654 · 850/4127
- Trust
- Raise Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,900 pupils · 1,674 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Wildern School (URN 116414)
- Address
- Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources