Deer Park School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.74 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Deer Park School is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Deer Park 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 | 0.74 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 252 first-choice applications for 193 offers; 192 offers went to first-choice families, and 60 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.74 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2021.
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
- Sika Avenue, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 2HT
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 910 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “There is an extremely positive culture at this school based on the values of inclusion, kindness and community.”
- “This culture can be felt throughout the whole school, and the values can be seen in pupils’ excellent behaviour and positive relationships with each other and with staff.”
- “Parents are also extremely supportive of the school, which many describe as a ‘family’.”
To improve
- “However, this is not yet consistently the case.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not achieve as highly as they could in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 252 first-preference applications, 193 offers in total, 192 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.
- Wildern School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wyvern College 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hamble School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swanmore College 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Henry Cort Community College 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 5.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published