The New Forest Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
138585
Address
Long Lane, Holbury, SO45 2PA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
564 (53% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
1.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
39%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Mixed 2.2%
Other White 1.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.3
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.92
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award4
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE100
English LiteratureGCSE100
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The New Forest Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
97
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
90
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
90
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
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 classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
115
65
50
Year 8
114
58
56
Year 9
100
49
51
Year 10
122
60
62
Year 11
113
56
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
76.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022