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Wildern School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.05 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.6[5] 51.3%[5]
2023/24 49.7[3] 49%[3] +0.05[3]
2022/23 48.1[6] 46%[6] 0.00[6]
2021/22 55.4[7] 60%[7] +0.45[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
60% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 68%[9] 20%[9] 3%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 94%[10] 0%[10] 64%[10] 22%[10] 4%[10] 2%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 62%[11] 27%[11] 3%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 0%[12] 69%[12] 20%[12] 4%[12] 2%[12]

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
23 Apr 2024[13]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[13]
Report published
23 May 2024[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 May 2022[14] S5 Inspection[14] Requires improvement[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
592 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
266 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
292 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 524[15] 244[15] 285[15] 1.8[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2024 581[15] 227[15] 294[15] 2.0[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2023 558[15] 280[15] 329[15] 1.7[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022 670[15] 331[15] 347[15] 1.9[15] 1.0[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1900[1]
Trust
RAISE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
https://www.wildern.org/[1]
District
Eastleigh[16]
Postcode
SO30 4EJ[1]
URN
136654[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1800 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
6.6% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
11.3% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.7% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.6%[18]
Mixed
4.5%[18]
Asian
4.8%[18]
Black
1.8%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[18]
Unclassified
0.6%[18]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.