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The Toynbee School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Bodycoats Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2PL · toynbee.hants.sch.uk · 023 8026 9026
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.02 mi
- 1.64 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,107
- 57 over 1,050 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
- First language not English
- 10.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.02 mi (1.64 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 203 families put the school first and 200 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 200 | 203 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 226 | 210 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 224 | 214 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 202 | 186 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 204 | 196 | 1 | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.02 mi1.64 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.8, and 46.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲45.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.51 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sixth form college | 64.1 | −1 |
| Further education | 26.3 | +3.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.9 | −1.2 |
| Employment | 1.4 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.9 | −0.2 |
| Activity not captured | 1.9 | +1.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Toynbee School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (181 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 181
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 38 parents (21%) with SEND