Alderwood School
Community school · 1,471 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Community school
The Hamble School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139of 1,152 places
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 196
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 18 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
The Hamble School has no sixth form. Of the 257 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 58% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 58% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hampshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Hamble School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 257 | 14,028 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 58% | 40% | 13% |
| — further education college | 24% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Hamble School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.4 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 190 | 97% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 190 | 97% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 79% |
| English Literature | 186 | 95% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 159 | 81% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 63% |
| History | 123 | 63% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 61% |
| Religious Studies | 81 | 41% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 63% |
| Geography | 74 | 38% | 41% | 26% | 25% | 72% |
| Media Studies | 52 | 27% | 4% | 17% | 20% | 67% |
| Spanish | 47 | 24% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 68% |
| Business Studies | 47 | 24% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 64% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 19% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 74% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 18% | 7% | 22% | 24% | 81% |
| Design and Technology | 34 | 17% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 68% |
| Physics | 29 | 15% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 15% | 23% | 55% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 29 | 15% | 23% | 52% | 45% | 100% |
| Statistics | 28 | 14% | 5% | 75% | 20% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 13% | 11% | 19% | 24% | 88% |
| Photography | 21 | 11% | 6% | 24% | 19% | 90% |
| Drama | 20 | 10% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 75% |
| French | 17 | 9% | 18% | 47% | 29% | 82% |
| Music | 12 | 6% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 100% |
| Polish | 6 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 58 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 17 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
| Interactive Video | 11 | — | — |
Where The Hamble School is
Other secondary schools in Hampshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Hampshire’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Hampshire
Amery Hill School
Academy converter · 982 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
Applemore College
Foundation school · 478 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Voluntary aided school · 894 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.3
Bohunt School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,012 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
Bridgemary School
Academy sponsor led · 814 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.