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The Cowplain School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville PO8 8RY · cowplainschool.co.uk · 023 9261 2020
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 993
- 92% of 1,080 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Cowplain 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, 148 families put the school first and 176 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 | 176 | 148 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 177 | 133 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 208 | 198 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 205 | 195 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 189 | 168 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.6, and 38.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.43 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.9 | — |
| Sixth form college | 3.3 | +2.8 |
| Further education | 70.3 | −12.8 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 4.9 | +0.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | +3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | −0.4 |
Ofsted
The Cowplain School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Apr 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
54% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (117 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 54%
- Replies
- 117
- 12% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (24%) with SEND