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Park Community School
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Community school
Middle Park Way, Leigh Park, Havant PO9 4BU · pcs.hants.sch.uk · 023 9248 9800
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 28.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.09 mi
- 1.75 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,006
- 56 over 950 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 62.6%
- First language not English
- 3.2%
- 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 1.09 mi (1.75 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 199 families put the school first and 188 places were offered; 90% 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 | 188 | 199 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 200 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 181 | 173 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 182 | 166 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 191 | 186 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.09 mi1.75 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 28.3, and 13.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼28.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼13.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼31.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼8.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.29 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.3 | — |
| Further education | 57.6 | −7.1 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 6.2 | −0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 20.3 | +3.3 |
| Activity not captured | 9.6 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Park Community School on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 43
- 5% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (35%) with SEND