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Priestlands School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 51.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
56.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.01 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.8[5] 50.6%[5]
2023/24 50.1[3] 58.1%[3] -0.01[3]
2022/23 49.9[6] 52%[6] +0.02[6]
2021/22 54.3[7] 64%[7] +0.24[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
3% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
24% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
58% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
5% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[9] 2%[9] 22%[9] 59%[9] 4%[9] 6%[9]
2020/21 97%[10] 3%[10] 27%[10] 60%[10] 2%[10] 3%[10]
2019/20 98%[11] 2%[11] 23%[11] 67%[11] 1%[11] 4%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 5%[12] 19%[12] 64%[12] 3%[12] 4%[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
21 Feb 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
26 Apr 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Nov 2016[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
319 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
247 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
245 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 302[15] 227[15] 229[15] 1.3[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2024 364[15] 284[15] 257[15] 1.4[15] 1.1[15]
Entry Sept 2023 322[15] 240[15] 245[15] 1.3[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2022 312[15] 246[15] 253[15] 1.2[15] 1.0[15]

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
1215[1]
Trust
PRIESTLANDS SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.priestlands.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District
New Forest[16]
Postcode
SO41 8FZ[1]
URN
137129[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1236 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
6.1% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
16.1% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.3% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.1%[18]
Mixed
4.1%[18]
Asian
1.5%[18]
Black
0.7%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.3%[18]
Unclassified
0.3%[18]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. 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.