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Warblington School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Southleigh Road, Havant PO9 2RR · warblingtonschool.co.uk · 023 9247 5480
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 810
- 90% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 34.4%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 113 families put the school first and 156 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 156 | 113 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 176 | 134 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 172 | 140 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 171 | 136 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 158 | 132 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.4, and 33.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲47.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.20 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.8 | — |
| Further education | 75.4 | −3.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6 | +2.5 |
| Employment | 4.8 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.9 | −2.5 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | +2.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Warblington School on 3 February 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: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 3 Feb 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 | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (102 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Positive
- 65%
- Replies
- 102
- 14% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 26 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 41 parents (40%) with SEND