The Mountbatten School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 51 50.6 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 50.6 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 51.4% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 11.4% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.17 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 | 51.2[5] | 55.8%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 53.7[3] | 54.9%[3] | +0.17[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 50.2[6] | 51%[6] | -0.07[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 55.2[7] | 60%[7] | +0.07[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 93% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 62% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 22% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 6% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 2% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 96%[9] | 1%[9] | 59%[9] | 24%[9] | 6%[9] | 6%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 96%[10] | 2%[10] | 57%[10] | 26%[10] | 5%[10] | 6%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 97%[11] | 2%[11] | 71%[11] | 20%[11] | 2%[11] | 3%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 95%[12] | 63%[12] | 23%[12] | 5%[12] | 3%[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
- 23 Jan 2024[13]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
- Report published
- 4 Mar 2024[13]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[13]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Applications (any preference)
- 588 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences
- 306 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Places offered
- 291 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 | 575[15] | 313[15] | 291[15] | 2.0[15] | 1.1[15] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 645[15] | 362[15] | 291[15] | 2.2[15] | 1.2[15] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 568[15] | 336[15] | 289[15] | 2.0[15] | 1.2[15] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 592[15] | 340[15] | 288[15] | 2.1[15] | 1.2[15] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
- Places (published admission number)
- 284 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1424[1]
- Trust
- THE MOUNTBATTEN SCHOOL[1]
- Local authority
- Hampshire[1]
- Website
- http://www.mountbatten.school[1]
- District
- Test Valley[17]
- Postcode
- SO51 5SY[1]
- URN
- 136640[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1458 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 4.5% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 16.6% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 2.4% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 14.5% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 83.9%[19]
- Mixed
- 11.1%[19]
- Asian
- 2.6%[19]
- Black
- 1.1%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.9%[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 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. 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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mountbatten.school: mountbatten.school document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
The Mountbatten School will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
The published admission number (PAN) for The Mountbatten School for 2027-2028 is 284. (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.