Wildern School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
136654
Address
Wildern Lane, Hedge End, SO30 4EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1800 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.9%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 4.4%
Indian 1.8%
Other Asian 1.5%
African 1.5%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.35
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award24
TourismTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE86
BiologyGCSE99
Business Studies:SingleGCSE107
ChemistryGCSE99
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE74
Design & TechnologyGCSE154
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Wildern School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
285
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
244
2nd preference
207
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
241
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
13
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 classes25.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
298
142
156
Year 8
346
176
170
Year 9
360
181
179
Year 10
369
191
178
Year 11
427
204
223
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
27.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
60.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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