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Testwood School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Testwood Lane, Totton, Southampton SO40 3ZW · testwoodschool.co.uk · 023 8086 2146
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.9
- 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
- 820
- 67% of 1,215 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Testwood 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, 151 families put the school first and 153 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 | 153 | 151 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 154 | 149 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 144 | 137 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 183 | 180 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 157 | 154 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.9, and 36.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.64 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.6 | — |
| Sixth form college | 29.9 | +2.3 |
| Further education | 38.9 | −17.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 6 | +4.1 |
| Employment | 5.4 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.8 | +8.7 |
| Activity not captured | 5.4 | +2.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Testwood School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (121 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 121
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (23%) with SEND