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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 |
Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 22 October 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry550 applications · 257 places offered · 303 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 257 | 550 | 2.1 | 303 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 267 | 483 | 1.8 | 268 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 262 | 520 | 2.0 | 294 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 265 | 485 | 1.8 | 313 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 263 | 419 | 1.6 | 282 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 248 | 411 | 1.7 | 240 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 262 | 397 | 1.5 | 258 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 273 | 455 | 1.7 | 267 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 238 | 397 | 1.7 | 234 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 239 | 391 | 1.6 | 240 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 240 | 431 | 1.8 | 273 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2015 | 240 | 426 | 1.8 | 240 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 239 | 441 | 1.9 | 269 | 1.13 |
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.) | 233 | 51.0 | 57% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 241 | 52.5 | 63% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 257 | 51.7 | 60% | 82% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 232 | 50.9 | 60% | 77% | −0.34 |
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
- Cams Hill SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · HampshireGood20242.0applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Hampshire20262.3applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HampshireRequires significant improvement 20261.5applications per place 31.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Portsmouth20261.6applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Hampshire20262.2applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Hampshire20261.4applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · HampshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · PortsmouthGood20232.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 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
- 137538 · 850/5416
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,056 pupils · 1,265 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 October 2011
- Replaced
- Cams Hill School (URN 116508)
- Address
- Shearwater Avenue, Fareham, PO16 8AH
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources