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Bridgemary School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 814Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138437URN

Wych Lane, Bridgemary, Gosport, PO13 0JN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Hampshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire

255 applications for 175 places · 53rd of 68 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
31.4of 90
68th of 69 in Hampshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 23 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 6 December 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Hampshire median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

255 applications · 175 places offered · 155 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261752551.51550.89
Sep 20251512281.51450.96
Sep 20241662681.61520.92
Sep 20231382101.51110.80
Sep 20221261791.41060.84
Sep 20211622091.31340.83
Sep 20201532101.41380.90
Sep 20191782311.31410.79
Sep 20181462131.51220.84
Sep 20171371831.31080.79
Sep 2016761401.8620.82
Sep 20151061621.5800.75
Sep 20141352501.91330.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

159 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)31.468th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths16%68th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths36%
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.01
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15931.416%36%–
2024/2514033.821%44%–
2023/2416632.718%39%−1.01
2022/2314733.520%35%−1.05

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138437 · 850/4004
Trust
The Kemnal Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 814 on roll
Free school meals
42.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Bridgemary School (URN 116471)
Address
Wych Lane, Bridgemary, Gosport, PO13 0JN
Local authority
Hampshire · Gosport

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources