Wyvern College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Eastleigh, 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 🔒
Wyvern College is a secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Wyvern College 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; places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 6 earlier years with a published Year 7 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 242 first-choice applications for 264 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.8 (England 46).
- That 2024/25 figure of 44% was the 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire that have results.
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
- Botley Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7AN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2023
Strengths
- “Wyvern College is inclusive with a strong community feel.”
- “Pupils respect diversity and feel confident to be different.”
- “Relationships are very positive.”
To improve
- “However, this strong practice is not universal.”
- “When teaching is less precise, some pupils can lose focus and not secure the intended learning.”
- “More generally, not all teachers check carefully enough that pupils have grasped key concepts before moving on to new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 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) | 44.8 | 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: 242 first-preference applications, 264 offers in total, 242 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.
- Deer Park School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wildern School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thornden School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swanmore College 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hamble School 6.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 6.6 mi Not judged Last distance published