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King's Academy Brune Park
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Military Road, Gosport PO12 3BU · kgabrunepark.uk · 023 9261 6000
On the mapSearch near PO12 3BU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 33
- 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
- 1,167
- 66% of 1,755 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 36.2%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- 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, 203 families put the school first and 204 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 | 204 | 203 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 198 | 190 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 245 | 233 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 281 | 254 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 290 | 237 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33, and 16.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼33 | 46 | ||
| ▼16.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼36.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼6.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.80 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 144014)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.9 | −1.2 |
| Sixth form college | 27.7 | −8.8 |
| Further education | 48.3 | +7 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.1 | +2.9 |
| Employment | 3.3 | −1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | +2.1 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 144014)
Ofsted
King's Academy Brune Park was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 144014)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 144014), which Ofsted links to this one.
Jan 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 144014)
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 51
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 98% who raised concerns
based on 17 parents (33%) whose child was bullied
based on 10 parents (20%) with SEND