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Springfield School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
37.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.05 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 39.8[5] 37.6%[5]
2023/24 43.7[3] 42.7%[3] -0.05[3]
2022/23 40.7[6] 30%[6] -0.49[6]
2021/22 47.7[7] 43%[7] -0.19[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
2% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
70% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 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 95%[9] 1%[9] 2%[9] 80%[9] 7%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 95%[10] 1%[10] 3%[10] 80%[10] 6%[10] 5%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 1%[11] 35%[11] 50%[11] 5%[11] 4%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 2%[12] 24%[12] 54%[12] 7%[12] 6%[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 Apr 2025[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
20 May 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Oct 2019[14] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
413 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
207 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
225 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 396[15] 190[15] 239[15] 1.7[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2024 351[15] 184[15] 228[15] 1.5[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2023 297[15] 167[15] 207[15] 1.4[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2022 263[15] 159[15] 198[15] 1.3[15] 0.8[15]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
240 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
1135[1]
Trust
THE DE CURCI TRUST[1]
Local authority
Portsmouth[1]
Website
http://www.springfield.uk.net[1]
District
Portsmouth[17]
Postcode
PO6 1QY[1]
URN
144192[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1118 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
10.8% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
15.6% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.4% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85.6%[19]
Mixed
3.3%[19]
Asian
7.1%[19]
Black
2.8%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[19]
Unclassified
0.7%[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

  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 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. 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. springfield.uk.net: springfield.uk.net — SPS Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Springfield have a published admission number (PAN) of 240 for admission to Ye ar 7 September 2027. (p. 1)
  17. 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.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. 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.