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Eggar's School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
London Road, Holybourne, Alton GU34 4EQ · eggars.net · 01420 541194
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 744
- 87% of 858 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- First language not English
- 16.3%
- 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, 135 families put the school first and 150 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 | 150 | 135 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 124 | 113 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 103 | 97 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 193 | 156 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 160 | 154 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.1, and 51.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲51.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲71.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼19.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.11 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | +0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 41.8 | +10.1 |
| Further education | 39.2 | −18.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.1 | +3.1 |
| Employment | 5.2 | +0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | +4.2 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 21 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Eggar's School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 20 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (163 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 163
- 19% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (26%) with SEND