Schools in New Forest[1]

Local authority district E07000091 · 80 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 114 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 3 (3%)[4]
second 20%: 10 (9%)[4]
middle 20%: 27 (24%)[4]
fourth 20%: 33 (29%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 41 (36%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	4%[4]	12%[4]	19%[4]	29%[4]	36%[4]
Employment	4%[4]	13%[4]	22%[4]	31%[4]	30%[4]
Education and skills	8%[4]	14%[4]	24%[4]	32%[4]	22%[4]
Health and disability	2%[4]	9%[4]	21%[4]	27%[4]	41%[4]
Crime	6%[4]	17%[4]	24%[4]	30%[4]	24%[4]
Housing and services	18%[4]	26%[4]	25%[4]	18%[4]	11%[4]
Living environment	5%[4]	7%[4]	13%[4]	25%[4]	50%[4]
Children in low-income families	1%[4]	17%[4]	20%[4]	33%[4]	29%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 74.1% of 77,597 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 31.2% of 148,740 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 14.0% of 148,747 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
Applemore College	11–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8]
Hounsdown School	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Lift New Forest	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Noadswood School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Priestlands School	11–16[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
Ringwood School Academy	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Testwood School	11–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
The Arnewood School	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
The Burgate School and Sixth Form	11–18[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (53)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbotswood Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Ashley Infant School	4–7[2]
Ashley Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Bartley Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Beaulieu Village Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Blackfield Primary and Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Bransgore Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Breamore Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School & Pre-School	2–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Burley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Cadland Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Calmore Infant School	4–7[2]
Calmore Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Copythorne CofE Infant School	4–7[2]
Eling Infant School and Nursery	4–7[2]
Fordingbridge Infant School	4–7[2]
Fordingbridge Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Foxhills Infant School	4–7[2]
Foxhills Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Hale Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Hazel Wood Infant School	4–7[2]
Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Hyde Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Hythe Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Lydlynch Infant School	4–7[2]
Lymington Church of England Infant School	5–7[2]
Lymington Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Manor Church of England Infant School	4–7[2]
Marchwood Church of England Infant School	4–7[2]
Marchwood Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School	4–7[2]
New Milton Infant School	4–7[2]
New Milton Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Oakfield Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Orchard Infant School	4–7[2]
Orchard Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools	4–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
Pennington Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Poulner Infant School and Nursery	2–7[2]
Poulner Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Ringwood Church of England Infant School	5–7[2]
Ringwood Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Sopley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
St Michael and All Angels CofE Infant School	4–7[2]
Tiptoe Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Waterside Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Wildground Infant School	2–7[2]
Wildground Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
William Gilpin Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Ballard School	2–16[2]
Durlston School	2–16[2]
Forres Sandle Manor School	2–16[2]
New Forest Small School Ltd	3–17[2]
Walhampton School	2–13[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (13)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bower Lodge School	4–11[2]
Clay Hill School	5–19[2]
Coxlease School	5–19[2]
Dibden Park School	8–16[2]
Forest Park School	2–19[2]
GLADE School	11–19[2]
Greenwood School	11–16[2]
Hill House School	11–19[2]
New Forest Alternative Provision	7–12[2]
New Forest School	7–18[2]
Oak Lodge School	11–16[2]
Southlands School	7–19[2]
The Eaglewood School	7–16[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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