Wildern School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Southampton · SO30 4EJ · Hampshire
Ages 11–16
- Att849.7
- P80.1
- EM5+49%
- Absence9.5%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 143698
Deer Park School
Free schools · Southampton · SO30 2HT
Ages 11–16 · 910 pupils · Hampshire
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
5.3%
Admissions demand
1.47 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.9%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 497
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.47 · Competitive
1st preferences
286
Places offered
195
1st-preference offers
194
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 613
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 195
- Applications from outside LA
- 19
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
910 pupils · 1,050 places
- Pupils on roll
- 910
- Boys / girls
- 469 / 441
- School capacity
- 1,050
- Capacity fill
- 910 / 1,050 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- FSM pupils
- 190
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: RAISE EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- RAISE EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wildern School
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Jones
Location
- Address
- Sika Avenue, Hedge End
- Postcode
- SO30 2HT
- Town
- Southampton
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- District
- Eastleigh
- Constituency
- Hamble Valley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Southampton, Hampshire, 910 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Woodlands Community College
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Secondary
Southampton · SO18 5FW · Southampton
Ages 11–16
- Att833.7
- P8-0.9
- EM5+19%
- Absence13.2%
2.3 miles away
Wyvern College
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Eastleigh · SO50 7AN · Hampshire
Ages 11–16
- Att850.4
- P80.0
- EM5+53%
- Absence8.2%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Jones
- Telephone
- 01489351100