Cranbourne[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 42 42.1 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 42.1 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 32.9% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 4.9% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.13 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 42.7[5] | 41.9%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 43.8[3] | 47.1%[3] | -0.13[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 35[6] | 22%[6] | -0.71[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 39.5[7] | 35%[7] | -0.59[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 85% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 36% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 42% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 4% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 4% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 90%[9] | 1%[9] | 47%[9] | 32%[9] | 4%[9] | 6%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 95%[10] | 0%[10] | 42%[10] | 41%[10] | 5%[10] | 6%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 93%[11] | 1%[11] | 44%[11] | 43%[11] | 3%[11] | 2%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 96%[12] | 1%[12] | 44%[12] | 42%[12] | 4%[12] | 5%[12] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 6 Jan 2026[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 15 May 2026[13]
- Inclusion
- Expected standard[13]
- Achievement
- Expected standard[13]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[13]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard[13]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention[13]
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard[13]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Applications (any preference)
- 562 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences
- 237 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Places offered
- 224 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences per place
- 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[15]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 417[15] | 165[15] | 241[15] | 1.7[15] | 0.7[15] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 488[15] | 201[15] | 252[15] | 1.9[15] | 0.8[15] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 390[15] | 143[15] | 251[15] | 1.6[15] | 0.6[15] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 267[15] | 112[15] | 174[15] | 1.5[15] | 0.6[15] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
- Places (published admission number)
- 240 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community school[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1200[1]
- Local authority
- Hampshire[1]
- Website
- http://www.cranbourne.hants.sch.uk/[1]
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane[17]
- Postcode
- RG21 3NP[1]
- URN
- 116432[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 987 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 18.4% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 15.7% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 6% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 28.3% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 77.3%[19]
- Mixed
- 5.9%[19]
- Asian
- 8.8%[19]
- Black
- 6.7%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1%[19]
- Unclassified
- 0.3%[19]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- 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.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quote
It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2020/21. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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cranbourne.hants.sch.uk: cranbourne.hants.sch.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
The County Council will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
The PAN for Cranbourne for 2027-2028 is 240. (p. 1)
- 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: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.