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Hounsdown School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton SO40 9FT · hounsdown.hants.sch.uk · 023 8086 2981
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,283
- 68 over 1,215 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hounsdown School
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, 209 families put the school first and 218 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 | 218 | 209 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 248 | 248 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 245 | 239 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 254 | 270 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 258 | 270 | 1▲ | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.1, and 43.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ●43.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲61.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.22 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.2 | — |
| Sixth form college | 46.3 | −0.8 |
| Further education | 39.7 | −2.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7 | +2.9 |
| Employment | 2.3 | +0.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.3 | −0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 1.6 | +1.2 |
Ofsted
Hounsdown School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Mar 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (126 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 126
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 32 parents (25%) with SEND