Applemore College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, 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 🔒
Applemore College is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Applemore 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 32% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire that have results.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 26 of the 65 other Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 53 first-choice applications for 65 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 12 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 32% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.5% across 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
- Roman Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4RQ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 478 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff value the recent changes at the school.”
- “Pupils appreciate the improvements made to the life skills programme.”
- “The school’s values of believe, respect and determination are actively embedded in the fabric of the school.”
To improve
- “The number of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate is markedly below the government’s national ambition.”
- “The school appreciates that further work is needed to fully embed the curriculum and improve examination outcomes, especially for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “The school is working hard to reduce the number of persistent non-attenders but acknowledges that further work is required.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.7 | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 53 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.
- Noadswood School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift New Forest 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Hamble School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Testwood School 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wildern School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Deer Park School 7.7 mi Good Last distance published