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Hounsdown School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.21 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 46.1[5] 43.7%[5]
2023/24 46.6[3] 47.5%[3] -0.21[3]
2022/23 49.6[6] 47%[6] -0.16[6]
2021/22 52.4[7] 59%[7] -0.14[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
49% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
39% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
5% 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] 0%[9] 47%[9] 43%[9] 2%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 96%[10] 0%[10] 42%[10] 46%[10] 3%[10] 4%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 1%[11] 47%[11] 41%[11] 5%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 97%[12] 1%[12] 40%[12] 48%[12] 4%[12] 3%[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
5 Jun 2024[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
30 Jun 2024[13]
Personal development
Outstanding[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
21 Mar 2023[14] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]
19 Jun 2019[15] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
308 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
209 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
218 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 345[16] 248[16] 248[16] 1.4[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2024 345[16] 239[16] 245[16] 1.4[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2023 382[16] 270[16] 254[16] 1.5[16] 1.1[16]
Entry Sept 2022 350[16] 270[16] 258[16] 1.4[16] 1.0[16]

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
1215[1]
Trust
HOUNSDOWN SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.hounsdown.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District
New Forest[17]
Postcode
SO40 9FT[1]
URN
137229[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1281 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
5.5% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
12.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.6% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.5%[19]
Mixed
3.6%[19]
Asian
2.2%[19]
Black
1.2%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[19]
Unclassified
1%[19]

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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. 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.