John Hanson Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
116405
Address
Floral Way, SP10 3PB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
993 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
14.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.1%
Persistent absence
14.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.6%
Other White 5.8%
Mixed 4.4%
African 2.3%
Other Asian 1.8%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.5
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award74
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE72
ChemistryGCSE65
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE191
English LiteratureGCSE183
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

John Hanson Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
134
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
88
116
Year 8
202
109
93
Year 9
202
98
104
Year 10
192
95
97
Year 11
193
110
83
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
42.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023