The Westgate School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 60 59.7 2025/26[2]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 75% 75% 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 59.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 69% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 33.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.70 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	59.8[6]	71.1%[6]
2023/24	59.8[4]	71.7%[4]	+0.70[4]
2022/23	61.8[7]	80%[7]	+0.89[7]
2021/22	64.1[8]	77%[8]	+0.59[8]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 75% 2024/25[3]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 13% 2024/25[3]
Reading, average scaled score: 109 2024/25[3]
Maths, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	52%[9]	7%[9]	108[9]	104[9]
2022/23	71%[10]	14%[10]	110[10]	106[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 87% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 5% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[12]		83%[12]	8%[12]		2%[12]
2020/21	97%[13]		81%[13]	10%[13]	0%[13]	4%[13]
2019/20	97%[14]		84%[14]	9%[14]	2%[14]
2018/19	97%[15]	0%[15]	84%[15]	10%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 14 Nov 2023[16]
Type: S5 Inspection[16]
Report published: 26 Dec 2023[16]
Personal development: Outstanding[16]
Quality of education: Outstanding[16]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[16]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[16]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[16]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[16]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[16]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
21 Sep 2022[17]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[17]	No overall grade[17]
13 Dec 2016[18]	S5 Inspection[18]	Good[18]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.0 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Applications (any preference): 567 Entry Sept 2026[19]
First preferences: 250 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Places offered: 187 Entry Sept 2026[19]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[19]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	602[19]	291[19]	203[19]	3.0[19]	1.4[19]
Entry Sept 2024	563[19]	247[19]	190[19]	3.0[19]	1.3[19]
Entry Sept 2023	549[19]	226[19]	179[19]	3.1[19]	1.3[19]
Entry Sept 2022	471[19]	219[19]	182[19]	2.6[19]	1.2[19]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Applications (any preference): 196 Entry Sept 2026[19]
First preferences: 77 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Places offered: 59 Entry Sept 2026[19]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[19]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	195[19]	80[19]	59[19]	3.3[19]	1.4[19]
Entry Sept 2024	191[19]	76[19]	58[19]	3.3[19]	1.3[19]
Entry Sept 2023	203[19]	74[19]	58[19]	3.5[19]	1.3[19]
Entry Sept 2022	202[19]	90[19]	60[19]	3.4[19]	1.5[19]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 4–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1620[1]
Local authority: Hampshire[1]
Website: http://www.westgate.hants.sch.uk [1]
District: Winchester [20]
Postcode: SO22 5AZ[1]
URN: 116407[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1627 2024/25[21]
English as an additional language: 9.1% 2024/25[21]
SEN support: 9.5% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan: 5% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 10% 2024/25[21]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 87%[22]
Mixed: 6.6%[22]
Asian: 4.9%[22]
Black: 0.5%[22]
Any other ethnic group: 0.7%[22]
Unclassified: 0.3%[22]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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