Wildern School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.73 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wildern School is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Wildern 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 | 3.73 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.73 miles from the school, the 16th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 266 first-choice applications for 292 offers; 261 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire that have results.
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
- Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,674 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are prepared well for life beyond school.”
- “They achieve well across a range of academic and vocational subjects.”
- “Alongside this, the school’s ‘education for life’ programme gives pupils a firm understanding of tolerance and respect.”
To improve
- “This is less consistent across subjects at key stage 3.”
- “At times, however, these explanations are less clear, and this can result in pupils not developing their knowledge as strongly.”
- “Again, in some instances where this checking process is not as established, gaps in pupils’ learning can be missed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.6 | 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: 266 first-preference applications, 292 offers in total, 261 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.
- Deer Park School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wyvern College 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hamble School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swanmore College 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Henry Cort Community College 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published