The Westgate School
All-through · Community school · Ages 4–16 · Winchester, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.24 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 5.04 mi
2019–2025 trend 🔒
The Westgate School is an all-through school in Winchester, Hampshire for ages 4–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Westgate School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.24 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 5.04 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.24 miles away, while the Year 7 figure for 2026 was 5.04 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 77 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cheriton Road, The Westgate School, Winchester, SO22 5AZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,649 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school’s motto of ‘learning together, achieving excellence’ at this excellent all-through school.”
- “Staff have remarkably high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils rise to meet these consistently.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s sharp focus on embedding critical vocabulary is developing.”
- “As a result, some staff occasionally do not capitalise on every opportunity to extend children’s learning further so that they achieve highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 71% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 59.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 250 first-preference applications, 187 offers in total, 187 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Osborne School 0.6 mi Outstanding
- The Pilgrims School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Winchester College 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Swithuns 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Prince's Mead School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Twyford School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Shepherds Down Special School 3.5 mi School remains Good
- Lakeside School 5.4 mi School remains Outstanding