Swanmore College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.76 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Swanmore College is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 May 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Swanmore College 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 4.76 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 4.76 miles from the school, the 12th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 248 first-choice applications for 262 offers; 238 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
- That 2024/25 result was the 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire that have results.
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
- New Road, Swanmore, Southampton, SO32 2RB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,338 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this friendly and happy school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of behaviour.”
- “Most pupils and parents appreciate how well behaviour is managed.”
To improve
- “However, some perceive that approaches may not be fair.”
- “However, a few pupils in key stage 4 would benefit from targeted support to help them become fluent readers.”
- “However, not all weaker readers in key stage 4 receive the same high-quality provision.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 248 first-preference applications, 262 offers in total, 238 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Deer Park School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Wyvern College 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wildern School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Henry Cort Community College 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cams Hill School 6.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fareham Academy 6.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 6.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portchester Community School 7.2 mi Good Last distance published