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The Burgate School and Sixth Form[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 52.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
58.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.17 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 46.6[6] 44.9%[6]
2023/24 52.8[4] 58.9%[4] +0.17[4]
2022/23 50.8[7] 55%[7] -0.01[7]
2021/22 52.4[8] 59%[8] +0.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16% 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] 7.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 6.3%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 14.6%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 16.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
62% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 96%[15] 62%[15] 1%[15] 25%[15] 1%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 74%[16] 0%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 64%[17] 2%[17] 26%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 62%[18] 2%[18] 24%[18] 7%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
45% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
39% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 47%[20] 3%[20] 35%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 45%[21] 4%[21] 43%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 42%[22] 5%[22] 39%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 50%[23] 6%[23] 34%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
62% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
21% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
17% 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 63%[26] 29%[26]
2019/20 60%[25] 23%[25] 17%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 64%[27] 18%[27] 15%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 65%[28] 13%[28] 12%[28] 1%[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
26 Nov 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
19 Dec 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 May 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
31 Jan 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
402 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
205 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
187 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 319[32] 136[32] 162[32] 2.0[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 350[32] 179[32] 180[32] 1.9[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 302[32] 147[32] 159[32] 1.9[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 312[32] 164[32] 186[32] 1.7[32] 0.9[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
190 Entry Sept 2027[33]

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
1150[1]
Trust
THE BURGATE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.theburgate.com[1]
District
New Forest[34]
Postcode
SP6 1EZ[1]
URN
136719[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1098 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
3.9% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
10.7% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.8% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.8%[36]
Mixed
3.4%[36]
Asian
2.8%[36]
Black
1.6%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[36]
Unclassified
0.1%[36]

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.
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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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    Quote
    The planned Published Admissions Number [PAN] for September 2027 and subsequent years will be 190. (p. 2)
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