Crofton School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 46 45.5 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 45.5 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 41.5% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 8.3% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.15 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 | 45.3[5] | 42.4%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 46.2[3] | 44.5%[3] | -0.15[3] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 94% 2022/23[6]
- School sixth form
- 8% 2022/23[6]
- Sixth-form college
- 39% 2022/23[6]
- Further education college
- 40% 2022/23[6]
- Apprenticeship
- 4% 2022/23[6]
- Employment
- 3% 2022/23[6]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 96%[7] | 20%[7] | 31%[7] | 35%[7] | 3%[7] | 6%[7] |
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
- 3 Mar 2026[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 30 Apr 2026[8]
- Inclusion
- Needs attention[8]
- Achievement
- Needs attention[8]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[8]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention[8]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard[8]
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention[8]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.2 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Applications (any preference)
- 443 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences
- 219 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Places offered
- 204 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences per place
- 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[9]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 416[9] | 227[9] | 213[9] | 2.0[9] | 1.1[9] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 455[9] | 261[9] | 210[9] | 2.2[9] | 1.2[9] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number)
- 216 Entry Sept 2027[10]
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
- 1083[1]
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD[1]
- Local authority
- Hampshire[1]
- Website
- http://www.croftonschool.co.uk[1]
- District
- Fareham[11]
- Postcode
- PO14 2AT[1]
- URN
- 149621[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1103 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 3.4% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 10.9% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 6.9% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 17.4% 2024/25[12]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 91.2%[13]
- Mixed
- 3.7%[13]
- Asian
- 2.5%[13]
- Black
- 1.9%[13]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.4%[13]
- Unclassified
- 0.4%[13]
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 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.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. 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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croftonschool.co.uk: croftonschool.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
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The published admission number (PAN) is 216 and governors will offer places up to this maximum. (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.