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
1869 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.5%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.6%
Mixed 4.7%
Other White 4.1%
Indian 2.1%
African 1.4%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other Asian 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 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
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE64
Art & DesignGCSE2
BiologyGCSE107
Business Studies:SingleGCSE134
ChemistryGCSE107
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE123
DanceGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wildern School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
294
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
227
2nd preference
251
3rd preference
103
From another Local Authority
56
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
220
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
342
176
166
Year 8
360
181
179
Year 9
371
193
178
Year 10
431
204
227
Year 11
365
173
192
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
64.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022