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Best secondary schools in Hampshire

61 of 73 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Hampshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 60 of them.

50 of 73 rated Good or Outstanding
10 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Progress 8: -0.1 (best 0.78)

#	School	Progress 8	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School Basingstoke	0.78	Good	oversubscribed 1.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Thornden School Eastleigh	0.74	Good	about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
3	Bohunt School Liphook hidden gem	0.5	Good declining	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
4	Brookfield Community School Southampton	0.4	Not judged	about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
5	Kings' School Winchester hidden gem	0.36	Good declining	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
6	Ringwood School Academy Ringwood	0.35	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
7	Henry Beaufort School Winchester hidden gem	0.34	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
8	The Petersfield School Petersfield	0.33	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
9	Swanmore College Southampton	0.25	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
10	Calthorpe Park School Fleet	0.24	Good	about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
11	The Toynbee School Eastleigh	0.2	Good improving	about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
12	The Wavell School Farnborough	0.2	Good	oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
13	Oaklands Catholic School Waterlooville	0.19	Good	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
14	Court Moor School Fleet	0.17	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
15	The Burgate School and Sixth Form Fordingbridge	0.17	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
16	The Mountbatten School Romsey	0.17	Good	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
17	Yateley School Yateley	0.16	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
18	Purbrook Park School Waterlooville	0.13	Good	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
19	Testbourne Community School Whitchurch hidden gem	0.09	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
20	Wildern School Southampton	0.05	Good declining	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
21	Eggar's School Alton hidden gem	0.04	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
22	Harrow Way Community School Andover	0.04	Good	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
23	Amery Hill School Alton	0.01	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
24	Brighton Hill Community School Basingstoke	0.01	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
25	Wyvern College Eastleigh	0.01	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
26	Priestlands School Lymington	-0.01	Good	about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
27	The Costello School Basingstoke hidden gem	-0.03	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
28	Robert May's School Hook	-0.06	Good	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
29	King's Academy Bay House Gosport	-0.07	Not judged declining	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
30	Cams Hill School Fareham	-0.08	Good declining	oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
31	Horndean Technology College Waterlooville	-0.1	Not judged	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
32	Cranbourne Basingstoke	-0.13	Good	about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
33	The Romsey School Romsey	-0.13	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
34	Crofton School Fareham	-0.15	Good	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
35	The Hamble School Southampton	-0.18	Not judged declining	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
36	Perins School Alresford hidden gem	-0.19	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
37	Hounsdown School Southampton	-0.21	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
38	The Cowplain School Waterlooville hidden gem	-0.24	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
39	Oakmoor School Bordon	-0.26	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	John Hanson Community School Andover	-0.28	Good	oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
41	Portchester Community School Fareham	-0.28	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
42	Crookhorn College Waterlooville	-0.31	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
43	Noadswood School Southampton	-0.34	Good	oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
44	The Hurst School Tadley	-0.37	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
45	Fareham Academy Fareham	-0.4	Good	about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
46	Lift Winton Andover hidden gem	-0.44	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
47	Warblington School Havant	-0.49	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
48	Lift New Forest Southampton hidden gem	-0.51	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
49	The Henry Cort Community College Fareham	-0.56	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
50	The Clere School Newbury	-0.62	Not judged	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
51	The Vyne Community School Basingstoke	-0.63	Good	oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
52	Crestwood Community School Eastleigh	-0.73	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
53	Applemore College Southampton	-0.74	Not judged improving	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
54	Cove School Farnborough	-0.74	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
55	The Hayling College Hayling Island	-0.78	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
56	The Arnewood School New Milton	-0.84	Inadequate	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
57	Havant Academy Havant	-0.98	Not judged improving	undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
58	Bridgemary School Gosport	-1.01	Requires improvement improving	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
59	Testwood School Southampton	-1.01	Good improving	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
60	Everest Community Academy Basingstoke	-1.12	Not judged	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
61	Park Community School Havant	-1.27	Good	about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped

Also in Hampshire

12 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Hampshire, not a fairer one.

Bere Clinic School Ofsted: Good
Bohunt Farnborough Ofsted: Inadequate
Danebury School Ofsted: Inadequate
Deer Park School Ofsted: Good
Farnborough Hill
Frogmore Community College Ofsted: Good
King's Academy Brune Park Ofsted: Inadequate
Lord Wandsworth College
Releasing Potential School Ofsted: Good
Salesian College
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke Ofsted: Requires improvement
Winchester College

Applying in Hampshire

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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