Testbourne Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 29 2023 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
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
116502
Address
Micheldever Road, RG28 7JF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
941 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.3%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.2%
Other White 4.9%
Mixed 3.7%
African 2%
Other Asian 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.73
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
DanceGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE185
English LiteratureGCSE185
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE39
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Testbourne Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
196
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
195
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
181
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
99
103
Year 8
186
87
99
Year 9
184
80
104
Year 10
184
111
73
Year 11
185
91
94
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
64.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022