John Hanson Community School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Hampshire
Floral Way, Andover, SP10 3PB
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
80%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
14.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
987
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
980 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
80%
1st preference success rate
175 of 219 families who put it first got an offer
180
Places offered
401
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 219 | 175 | ● 80% |
| 2nd preference | 134 | 4 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 48 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 401 | 180 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Erin Sudds
- Address
- Floral Way, Andover, SP10 3PB
- Phone
- 01264352546
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Andover Millway · North West Hampshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116405
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
987 pupils · 980 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
14 March 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,023 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 33% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.58 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 39.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 29.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 191 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 191 | 7% | 51% | 71% | |
| Mathematics | 190 | 15% | 45% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 183 | 6% | 51% | 73% | |
| Combined Science | 122 | 2% | 16% | 43% | |
| Geography | 96 | 11% | 42% | 57% | |
| History | 83 | 13% | 39% | 61% | |
| Business | 72 | 8% | 39% | 60% | |
| Physics | 65 | 20% | 83% | 95% | |
| Chemistry | 65 | 17% | 72% | 97% | |
| Biology | 64 | 23% | 83% | 97% | |
| Art and Design | 49 | 16% | 45% | 61% | |
| Design & Technology | 37 | 5% | 24% | 32% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hampshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.