The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
10.67 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Burgate School and Sixth Form is a secondary school in Fordingbridge, Hampshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 27 November 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Burgate School and Sixth Form 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 | 10.67 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 10.67 miles away, the 5th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- 305 of the 402 applications (76%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Hampshire; 122 offers went to them.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 205 first-choice applications for 187 offers; 178 offers went to first-choice families and 27 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th 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
- Salisbury Road, Fordingbridge, SP6 1EZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,073 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 27 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this welcoming and happy school.”
- “The school’s relational and inclusive approaches are at the heart of all it does.”
- “Pupils are known well and treated as individuals.”
To improve
- “However, this depth of learning and thinking is not yet consistent across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
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: 205 first-preference applications, 187 offers in total, 178 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.
- Ringwood School Academy 6.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Testwood School 12.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 13.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Romsey School 13.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Arnewood School 14.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Mountbatten School 14.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Priestlands School 16.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Applemore College 16.4 mi Not judged Last distance published