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Testwood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 39.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
39 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
27.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.01 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 42.9[5] 36.6%[5]
2023/24 34.8[3] 22.2%[3] -1.01[3]
2022/23 42.4[6] 36%[6] -0.39[6]
2021/22 43.5[7] 41%[7] -0.41[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
19 Nov 2024[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
20 Jan 2025[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Jan 2019[9] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
236 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
151 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
153 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 236[10] 149[10] 154[10] 1.5[10]
Entry Sept 2024 216[10] 137[10] 144[10] 1.5[10]
Entry Sept 2023 250[10] 180[10] 183[10] 1.4[10]
Entry Sept 2022 207[10] 154[10] 157[10] 1.3[10]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[11]
Places (published admission number)
243 Entry Sept 2026[11]

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
TESTWOOD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.testwoodschool.co.uk/[1]
District
New Forest[12]
Postcode
SO40 3ZW[1]
URN
137315[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
854 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
5.6% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
11.9% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
4.3% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31% 2024/25[13]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.
  11. testwoodschool.co.uk: testwoodschool.co.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The County Council will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on Thursday 31 October 2026 for admission in September 2027. (p. 2)
    The published admission number (PAN) for Testwood School for 2026-2027 is 243 For the main admission round, all preferences will be considered simultaneously and ranked in accordance with the admission criteria. (p. 2)
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.