Danebury School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
150127
Address
Roman Road, SO20 6HA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
326 (47% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
8.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.9%
Persistent absence
32.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
29.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84%
Other White 7.1%
Mixed 2.7%
African 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Other Black 1.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.3
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.05
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE64
English LiteratureGCSE63
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE23
FrenchGCSE9
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Danebury School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
67
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
50
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
50
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes19.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
39
17
22
Year 8
82
41
41
Year 9
69
31
38
Year 10
72
34
38
Year 11
64
39
25
Year 2024-2025