Testbourne Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 28 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
940 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.4%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.4%
Other White 5.4%
Mixed 4%
African 2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Indian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.2
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.95
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE180
English LiteratureGCSE176
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE39
FrenchGCSE31
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Testbourne Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
189
2nd preference
54
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
185
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
194
89
105
Year 8
195
92
103
Year 9
183
86
97
Year 10
186
83
103
Year 11
182
111
71
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
21.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
67.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023