Havant Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Havant, 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 🔒
Havant Academy is a secondary school in Havant, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Havant Academy 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
- 19% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
- Every Year 7 applicant in 2026 was offered a place; there were 57 first-choice applications for 79 offers, and 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 64.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30% 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
- Wakefords Way, Havant, PO9 5JD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 505 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils generally feel happy and safe at school.”
- “Pupils benefit from participating in enrichment activities that extend the curriculum.”
- “They enjoy participating in business and accounting club, solving puzzles, learning about animation and receiving support for revisions skills.”
To improve
- “However, they have significant gaps in their knowledge and skills, and some also have misconceptions that have not been addressed.”
- “Pupil absence rates are too high, especially for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “Staff expectations are too low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 19% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.7 | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 57 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.
- Warblington School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oaklands Catholic School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crookhorn College 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Cowplain School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Horndean Technology College 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Purbrook Park School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hayling College 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portchester Community School 7.2 mi Good Last distance published