The Cowplain School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Waterlooville, 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 🔒
The Cowplain School is a secondary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Cowplain 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 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 26 of the 65 other Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 148 first-choice applications for 176 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (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
- Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8RY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 993 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils value the warm and welcoming atmosphere here.”
- “They are motivated to work hard and be successful.”
- “The school’s high expectations are evident in many aspects of day-to-day life.”
To improve
- “While attendance is improving, there remains a small number of pupils who do not attend as often as they should.”
- “Despite this, in 2023, pupils in Year 11 did not achieve well in public examinations.”
- “Many were adversely affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a number experiencing high levels of absence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 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: 148 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 148 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.
- Horndean Technology College 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oaklands Catholic School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crookhorn College 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Purbrook Park School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Havant Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warblington School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Portchester Community School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cams Hill School 6.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published