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The Arnewood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
30.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.84 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37.6[6] 22.3%[6]
2023/24 36.9[4] 23%[4] -0.84[4]
2022/23 41.5[7] 32%[7] -0.69[7]
2021/22 44.8[8] 41%[8] -0.44[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 22.6%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 7.8%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 11.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 10.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
38% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
44% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 29%[15] 1%[15] 49%[15] 6%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 50%[16] 2%[16] 28%[16] 3%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 52%[17] 3%[17] 32%[17] 0%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 91%[18] 36%[18] 3%[18] 47%[18] 2%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
32% 2022/23[19]
Education
40% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
45% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 80%[20] 35%[20] 42%[20] 7%[20] 31%[20]
2020/21 74%[21] 28%[21] 45%[21] 8%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 70%[22] 33%[22] 40%[22] 3%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 72%[23] 22%[23] 40%[23] 4%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
59% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 52%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 56%[25] 23%[25] 15%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 40%[27] 2%[27] 5%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 44%[28] 13%[28] 14%[28] 0%[28]

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
17 Mar 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Needs attention[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Mar 2024[30] S5 Inspection[30] Inadequate[30]
17 Oct 2018[31] Exempt School Inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
153 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
96 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
103 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 174[32] 122[32] 122[32] 1.4[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 236[32] 136[32] 150[32] 1.6[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 199[32] 138[32] 166[32] 1.2[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 192[32] 136[32] 147[32] 1.3[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.arnewood.hants.sch.uk[1]
District
New Forest[33]
Postcode
BH25 6RS[1]
URN
136652[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
900 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
14.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85.8%[35]
Mixed
5%[35]
Asian
4.9%[35]
Black
1.9%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[35]
Unclassified
0.5%[35]

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

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    Quote
    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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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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