Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 9 November 2021Graded 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 entry497 applications · 211 places offered · 187 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.3; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 2.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.2; 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 | 211 | 497 | 2.4 | 187 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 217 | 399 | 1.8 | 140 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2024 | 256 | 521 | 2.0 | 210 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 | 254 | 580 | 2.3 | 265 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 260 | 468 | 1.8 | 250 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 266 | 510 | 1.9 | 205 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 223 | 449 | 2.0 | 232 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 223 | 431 | 1.9 | 204 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 224 | 468 | 2.1 | 206 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 223 | 490 | 2.2 | 201 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 223 | 469 | 2.1 | 239 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 223 | 447 | 2.0 | 224 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 223 | 491 | 2.2 | 238 | 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.) | 227 | 50.4 | 53% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 250 | 47.3 | 50% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 218 | 46.3 | 45% | 66% | −0.03 |
| 2022/23 | 224 | 45.9 | 43% | 63% | −0.23 |
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 Costello SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.4applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Hampshire20263.3applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Hampshire20262.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · HampshireRequires improvement20230.9applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 38.1Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Hampshire20262.0applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · HampshireRemains Good · improving20232.6applications per place 58.1Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · HampshireRemains Good20222.0applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · HampshireStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 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
- 138287 · 850/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,120 pupils · 1,160 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2012
- Replaced
- Costello Technology College (URN 116406)
- Address
- Crossborough Hill, London Road, Basingstoke, RG21 4AL
- Local authority
- Hampshire · Basingstoke and Deane
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources