Hounsdown School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, 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 🔒
Hounsdown School is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hounsdown 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 | 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
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 6 earlier years.
- Year 7 2026 drew 209 first-choice applications for 218 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 9 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.1 (England 46).
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
- Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,283 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are keen to make the best of the many opportunities that the school provides both in and out of lessons.”
- “Pupils in the eco-schools group are proud of the impact their actions have had on the school’s environment.”
- “Leadership opportunities exist for older pupils who can mentor younger pupils, and some represent their peers as school prefects.”
To improve
- “Some pupils feel that bullying occasionally occurs.”
- “However, some teachers are not successful in adapting teaching to the needs of all pupils.”
- “This approach is having a positive effect on removing any low-level disruption to learning but staff and pupils both recognise some inconsistencies in how staff implement the policy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 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: 209 first-preference applications, 218 offers in total, 209 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.
- Testwood School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Applemore College 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Noadswood School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Mountbatten School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Romsey School 6.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift New Forest 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 7.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hamble School 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published