The Romsey School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Romsey, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.26 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Romsey 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 21 June 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Romsey 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 | 5.26 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 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.26 miles away, the 10th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 entry, the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and 2021; every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 6 published years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 219 first-choice applications for 239 offers; 209 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 194 of the 519 applications (37%) for Year 7 entry in 2026 came from families living outside Hampshire, and 103 offers went to them.
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
- Greatbridge Road, Romsey, SO51 8ZB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,176 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are highly aspirational and care for one another.”
- “There is a strong ethos of inclusivity and a real focus on tolerance.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “Pupils recognise links across subjects, but these are not always highlighted by teachers themselves.”
- “Curriculum links are not always identified to support pupils’ wider knowledge, skills and appreciation.”
- “As a result, opportunities are missed to help pupils to know more and remember more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 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: 219 first-preference applications, 239 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.
- The Mountbatten School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Testwood School 4.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thornden School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings' School 8.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Danebury School 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published