Eggar's School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Alton, 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 🔒
Eggar's School is a secondary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Eggar's 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 applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 26 of the 65 other Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 135 first-choice applications for 150 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 20th lowest of 66 Hampshire secondary schools.
- In 2026, 117 of the 395 Year 7 applications (30%) came from families living outside Hampshire, and 17 offers went to them.
- 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 4th 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
- London Road, Holybourne, Alton, GU34 4EQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 744 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations and is determined that all pupils will ‘Belong, Aspire and Achieve’, reflecting the school’s values.”
- “The school is highly aspirational for all pupils.”
- “They are happy, and they know that they will be welcomed every day and to each lesson.”
To improve
- “This is stronger in some subjects than in others.”
- “Teachers’ feedback does not always help to improve the content and depth of pupils’ work.”
- “While pupils achieve well overall, they could achieve more highly in some areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.1 | 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: 135 first-preference applications, 150 offers in total, 135 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.
- Amery Hill School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakmoor School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Robert May's School 6.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bohunt School 8.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Costello School 8.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranbourne 9.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brighton Hill Community School 9.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Court Moor School 9.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published