The Mountbatten School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Romsey, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.09 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Mountbatten School is a secondary school in Romsey, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Mountbatten 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 | 3.09 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 3.09 miles away, the 18th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 306 first-choice applications for 291 offers; 281 offers went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 588 applications for Year 7 in 2026, 164 (28%) came from families living outside Hampshire, and 34 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 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
- Whitenap Lane, Romsey, SO51 5SY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,474 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “The school offers a warm, caring community in which pupils flourish.”
- “Pupils value how staff want them to aspire to perform beyond their own expectations, both academically and in their personal development.”
- “Most pupils thoroughly enjoy their learning and the many extra-curricular opportunities on offer.”
To improve
- “The number of pupils undertaking the English Baccalaureate is comparatively low.”
- “However, some teachers’ skills in these areas are less well developed.”
- “Consequently, sometimes, pupils can become disengaged from their learning, which affects how well they achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.2 | 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: 306 first-preference applications, 291 offers in total, 281 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 Romsey School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Testwood School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thornden School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings' School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wyvern College 7.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published