Secondary school

Swanmore College

  • Community School
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Hampshire
  • SO32 2RB
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2014

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,030 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 32%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 22%22%2016/17: top 18%18% · 2016/172017/18: top 24%2018/19: top 37%2021/22: top 27%2022/23: top 26%2023/24: top 22%2024/25: top 32%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 849.4 · South East 467/10 Above
Grade 5+ English and maths50.8% · South East 44.8%7/10 Above−12.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.31 · South East 4.036/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.25 · South East +0.017/10 Above+25.2 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 54.6 · 234 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 52.6 · 229 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 51.6 · 222 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 48.6 · 206 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 53.4 · 226 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 51.2 · 281 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 52.1 · 259 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 49.4 · 260 pupils · South East 4654.648.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 63% · 229 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 56% · 222 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 52% · 206 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 64% · 226 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 55% · 281 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 57.1% · 259 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 50.8% · 260 pupils · South East 44.8%64%50.8%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.0%
238 of 248 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 96.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st248238
2nd8418
3rd836

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactory
  2. 2010Good
  3. 2014Good
  4. 2018Remains Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,338
Free school meals (past 6 years)17.6%
First language not English5.0%
SEN support9.7%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)8.5%
Persistently absent pupils22.6%

Girls 51.2%Boys 48.8%

99.1% full · 1,350 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.7
Pupils per adult11.5
  • Classroom teachers 80.1
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 25.9
  • Other support 40

Teachers 85.1 FTE · Whole workforce 151 · 172 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,887
Spend per pupil£8,024
Staff spend per pupil£5,983
Reserve per pupil£884
  • +£1,182,869revenue reserve
  • −£183,705in-year balance

Grants £7,196 · self-generated £699 · premises £447 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

259 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.4%
  • Education89.6%
  • Apprenticeship3.9%
  • Employment1.9%
  • Not sustained4.2%
  • Unknown0.4%