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Noadswood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.34 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 45.5[5] 44.3%[5]
2023/24 45.2[3] 46.7%[3] -0.34[3]
2022/23 44.6[6] 45%[6] -0.42[6]
2021/22 48.1[7] 53%[7] -0.37[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
38% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
42% 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] 34%[9] 49%[9] 4%[9] 6%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 1%[10] 37%[10] 41%[10] 2%[10] 10%[10]
2019/20 91%[11] 0%[11] 25%[11] 61%[11] 3%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 98%[12] 1%[12] 30%[12] 55%[12] 7%[12] 5%[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
12 Oct 2022[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
24 Nov 2022[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Mar 2017[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
320 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
243 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
201 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 278[15] 213[15] 215[15] 1.3[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2024 308[15] 234[15] 229[15] 1.3[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2023 288[15] 223[15] 219[15] 1.3[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2022 216[15] 159[15] 161[15] 1.3[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
1125[1]
Trust
NOADSWOOD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.noadswood.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District
New Forest[16]
Postcode
SO45 4ZF[1]
URN
137125[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1043 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
5.8% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
10.6% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.3% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.3%[18]
Mixed
3%[18]
Asian
0.8%[18]
Black
3.4%[18]
Any other ethnic group
1%[18]
Unclassified
0.5%[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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. 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.