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Wyvern College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 46.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.01 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 44.8[5] 43.8%[5]
2023/24 50.4[3] 53.4%[3] +0.01[3]
2022/23 49.1[6] 49%[6] +0.08[6]
2021/22 50.7[7] 49%[7] -0.11[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
56% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 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 93%[9] 0%[9] 56%[9] 27%[9] 5%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 60%[10] 21%[10] 5%[10] 5%[10]
2019/20 93%[11] 0%[11] 59%[11] 24%[11] 6%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 62%[12] 25%[12] 2%[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
6 Dec 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
1 Feb 2024[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Mar 2018[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
564 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
242 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
264 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 488[15] 263[15] 288[15] 1.7[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2024 528[15] 259[15] 259[15] 2.0[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2023 474[15] 235[15] 262[15] 1.8[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022 440[15] 256[15] 269[15] 1.6[15] 1.0[15]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[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
1350[1]
Trust
WYVERN COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
https://www.wyverncollege.org.uk/[1]
District
Eastleigh[17]
Postcode
SO50 7AN[1]
URN
138184[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1331 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
4.2% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.5% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.4%[19]
Mixed
4.2%[19]
Asian
2%[19]
Black
1.4%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[19]
Unclassified
0.3%[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 2017/18. 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. wyverncollege.org.uk: wyverncollege.org.uk — WCAT Admissions Policy for 2026-2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Wyvern College will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2025. (p. 2)
  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.