Horndean Technology College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Waterlooville, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.67 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Horndean Technology College is a secondary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Horndean Technology 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 | 3.67 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 3.67 miles away, the 17th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2024 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 248 first-choice applications for 263 offers; 242 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.8 (England 46).
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
- Barton Cross, Horndean, Waterlooville, PO8 9PQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,288 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They recognise and value the way that their education is personalised to them, and the comprehensive support which is available.”
- “The atmosphere is calm with strong, positive relationships between pupils and staff.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that, in the past, it has not always enabled pupils to do as well as they could in their GCSE examinations.”
- “However, activity choice in some lessons does not always lead to pupils consistently and systematically learning the planned curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.8 | 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, 263 offers in total, 242 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.
- The Cowplain School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Havant Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oaklands Catholic School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crookhorn College 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Purbrook Park School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warblington School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Petersfield School 6.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Portchester Community School 7.1 mi Good Last distance published