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King's Academy Lord Wilson

Boys · ages 11–16Hampshire, South East · Southampton SO31 7NLTrust: King'S Group AcademiesSchool website
Pupils on roll
61of 60 places
Free school meals
80.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
9
Ofsted
Good, 27 June 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lord Wilson School (URN 115849, until 1 April 2014).

What the data says

Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at King's Academy Lord Wilson in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 10% 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.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 17.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Hampshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

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.

King's Academy Lord Wilson
Hampshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureKing's Academy Lord WilsonHampshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1014,028607,348
Any sustained destination40%92%92%
Stayed in education40%85%86%
— school sixth form0%6%34%
— sixth form college20%40%13%
— further education college10%38%37%
— other education10%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination20%6%6%
Destination unknown40%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureKing's Academy Lord WilsonHampshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)17.845.546.1
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 score1.704.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort56%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.550.4
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
Film Studies9100%1%11%20%44%
Mathematics9100%88%0%22%67%
Combined Science9100%65%0%9%44%

Other secondary schools in Hampshire

Alderwood School

Community school · 1,471 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

Amery Hill School

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0

Applemore College

Foundation school · 478 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7

Bohunt School

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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3

Bridgemary School

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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.