Graded inspection · Jun 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 5 June 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 22 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry308 applications · 218 places offered · 209 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 218 | 308 | 1.4 | 209 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 248 | 345 | 1.4 | 248 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 245 | 345 | 1.4 | 239 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 254 | 382 | 1.5 | 270 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 258 | 350 | 1.4 | 270 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 260 | 353 | 1.4 | 275 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 259 | 350 | 1.4 | 265 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 261 | 344 | 1.3 | 266 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 241 | 350 | 1.5 | 292 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 230 | 285 | 1.2 | 229 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 241 | 336 | 1.4 | 242 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 261 | 350 | 1.3 | 267 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 253 | 359 | 1.4 | 251 | 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.) | 252 | 48.7 | 48% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 252 | 46.1 | 44% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 257 | 46.6 | 48% | 70% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 259 | 49.6 | 47% | 73% | −0.16 |
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
- Hounsdown SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.4applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · HampshireStandards maintained20241.5applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SouthamptonGood20231.4applications per place 29.1Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · SouthamptonRemains Good20242.4applications per place
- 4.3 km · SouthamptonSerious weaknesses Inadequate20240.5applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · SouthamptonGood20224.2applications per place
- 5.6 km · SouthamptonStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · SouthamptonRemains Outstanding20221.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137229 · 850/4168
- Trust
- Hounsdown School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,215 pupils · 1,283 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Hounsdown School (URN 116434)
- Address
- Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FT
- Local authority
- Hampshire · New Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources