Community special school

Baycroft School

Mixed · ages 11–16Hampshire, South East · Fareham PO14 2AESchool website
Pupils on roll
193of 150 places
Free school meals
53.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
43
Ofsted
School remains Good, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 35 pupils who finished Year 11 at Baycroft School in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Baycroft School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 3.0, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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.

Baycroft School
Hampshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBaycroft SchoolHampshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort3514,028607,348
Any sustained destination71%92%92%
Stayed in education71%85%86%
— school sixth form0%6%34%
— sixth form college23%40%13%
— further education college49%38%37%
— other education0%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination20%6%6%
Destination unknown9%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBaycroft SchoolHampshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)3.045.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%34%41%
EBacc average point score0.104.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort61%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils2.130.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils4.449.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics1535%88%0%22%0%
English Language1330%89%0%20%0%
Fine Art1023%9%0%28%10%
Photography1023%6%0%19%10%

Other secondary schools in Hampshire

Alderwood School

Community school · 1,471 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

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

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.