Graded inspection · Sep 2023 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 |
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 entry124 applications · 101 places offered · 74 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.2; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 101 | 124 | 1.2 | 74 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 91 | 128 | 1.4 | 91 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 97 | 136 | 1.4 | 90 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 106 | 144 | 1.4 | 99 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 103 | 130 | 1.3 | 103 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 100 | 128 | 1.3 | 98 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 141 | 1.2 | 120 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 108 | 134 | 1.2 | 107 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 70 | 92 | 1.3 | 68 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 67 | 92 | 1.4 | 66 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 85 | 105 | 1.2 | 85 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 76 | 94 | 1.2 | 76 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 58 | 115 | 2.0 | 58 | 1.00 |
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.) | 99 | 39.9 | 32% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 121 | 38.5 | 37% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 113 | 40.6 | 35% | 56% | −0.51 |
| 2022/23 | 103 | 36.3 | 20% | 53% | −0.67 |
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
- Lift New ForestThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HampshireRemains Good20221.6applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Southampton20261.1applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · SouthamptonGood20241.8applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · SouthamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · SouthamptonRemains Outstanding20221.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138585 · 850/4005
- Trust
- Lift Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 504 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Hardley School and Sixth Form (URN 116493)
- Address
- Long Lane, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2PA
- Local authority
- Hampshire · New Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources