Testbourne Community School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Whitchurch, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Testbourne Community School is a secondary school in Whitchurch, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Testbourne Community 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, whereas places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 4 earlier years.
- Year 7 2026 had 154 first-choice applications for 179 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
- That 2024/25 result was the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
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
- Micheldever Road, Whitchurch, RG28 7JF
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 949 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are supported to be confident and articulate.”
- “They embrace the school’s value of personal integrity, building a sense of responsibility for their own choices and their learning.”
- “Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum that develops their understanding of the world around them.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders are still fine-tuning how consistently well the curriculum is implemented.”
- “Some teachers do not always adapt or check on pupils’ learning precisely enough.”
- “This means some pupils do not learn as much as they could and therefore do not always achieve highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.3 | 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: 154 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 154 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.
- Lift Winton 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrow Way Community School 7.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Hanson Community School 7.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Clere School 8.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School 9.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Brighton Hill Community School 9.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke 9.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Henry Beaufort School 10.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published