Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry159 applications · 180 places offered · 55 named it first
- 2026 0.9; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Hampshire median
Dashed bars: as Aldworth School (URN 116427), the previous school.
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 | 180 | 159 | 0.9 | 55 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2025 | 127 | 231 | 1.8 | 84 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2024 * | 200 | 278 | 1.4 | 96 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2023 * | 197 | 272 | 1.4 | 139 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2022 * | 198 | 279 | 1.4 | 134 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2021 * | 199 | 339 | 1.7 | 142 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 * | 153 | 274 | 1.8 | 125 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 * | 165 | 340 | 2.1 | 149 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 * | 205 | 396 | 1.9 | 171 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 206 | 472 | 2.3 | 234 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 * | 199 | 409 | 2.1 | 194 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 176 | 358 | 2.0 | 155 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 195 | 392 | 2.0 | 169 | 0.87 |
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.) | 171 | 35.2 | 24% | 42% | – |
| 2024/25 | 159 | 33.1 | 20% | 44% | – |
| 2023/24 | – | ||||
| 2022/23 * | 188 | 39.9 | 38% | 57% | −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
- The Blue Coat School BasingstokeThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20230.9applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · HampshireRemains Good · improving20232.6applications per place 58.1Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Hampshire20262.0applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Hampshire20262.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Hampshire20262.4applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Hampshire20263.3applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 38.1Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · HampshireRemains Good20222.0applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 12.3 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 150839 · 850/4020
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,000 pupils · 837 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2024
- Replaced
- Aldworth School (URN 116427)
- Address
- Western Way, Basingstoke, RG22 6HA
- Local authority
- Hampshire · Basingstoke and Deane
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources