Noadswood School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.44 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Noadswood School is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 October 2022. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Noadswood 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 | 2.44 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 2.44 miles away, the 20th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2023, and every applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 8 years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 243 first-choice applications for 201 offers; 200 offers went to first-choice families and 43 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
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
- North Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4ZF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 October 2022
Strengths
- “The school is a happy and friendly place to learn.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are strong and supportive.”
- “Pupils say that teachers make learning interesting and fun.”
To improve
- “However, currently, there is a low take up of pupils choosing to continue to study modern foreign languages.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in the way that the curriculum is taught.”
- “This means some pupils do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.5 | 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: 243 first-preference applications, 201 offers in total, 200 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.
- Applemore College 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lift New Forest 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Hamble School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Testwood School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wildern School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Deer Park School 7.3 mi Good Last distance published