Testwood School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Southampton · SO40 3ZW · Hampshire
Ages 11–16
- Att834.8
- P8-1.0
- EM5+22%
- Absence11.8%
1.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137229
Hounsdown School
Academy converter · Southampton · SO40 9FT
Ages 11–16 · 1,283 pupils · Hampshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
46.6
Overall absence
8.8%
Admissions demand
0.98 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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)
Progress 8-0.21
−20+2
Attainment 846.6
English & maths grade 5+48%
English & maths grade 4+70%
EBacc entry64%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.8%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 7.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,319
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
0.98 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
239
Places offered
245
1st-preference offers
239
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 345
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 245
- Applications from outside LA
- 10
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 7
- 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 fill106%
1,283 pupils · 1,215 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,283
- Boys / girls
- 667 / 616
- School capacity
- 1,215
- Capacity fill
- 1,283 / 1,215 (106%)
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- FSM pupils
- 232
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HOUNSDOWN SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- HOUNSDOWN SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr David Veal
Location
- Address
- Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton
- Postcode
- SO40 9FT
- Town
- Southampton
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- District
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest East
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Southampton, Hampshire, 1,283 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 18.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Redbridge Community School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Secondary
Southampton · SO16 9RJ · Southampton
Ages 11–16
- Att832.2
- P8-1.0
- EM5+17%
- Absence13.9%
1.7 miles away
Regents Park Community College
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Southampton · SO16 4GW · Southampton
Ages 11–16
- FSM43.2%
2.5 miles away
Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Southampton · SO16 8FA · Southampton
Ages 11–16
- Att837.5
- P8-0.9
- EM5+35%
- Absence14.7%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Veal
- Telephone
- 02380862981