Swanmore College
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Hampshire
New Road, Southampton, SO32 2RB
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
92%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.5%
22.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,338
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
92%
1st preference success rate
245 of 267 families who put it first got an offer
257
Places offered
407
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 267 | 245 | ● 92% |
| 2nd preference | 86 | 10 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 54 | 2 | ● 4% |
| Total | 407 | 257 | 63% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- RK Jonathan
- Address
- New Road, Swanmore, Southampton, SO32 2RB
- Phone
- 01489892256
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Central Meon Valley · Winchester
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116424
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,338 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,372 pupils
Attendance
91.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 52.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.58 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 50.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 21.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 260 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 259 | 24% | 58% | 81% | |
| English Language | 259 | 17% | 58% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 258 | 18% | 60% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 244 | 15% | 48% | 71% | |
| Geography | 122 | 30% | 59% | 75% | |
| Art and Design | 87 | 29% | 71% | 83% | |
| Spanish | 78 | 32% | 69% | 86% | |
| History | 75 | 25% | 52% | 63% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 66 | 27% | 61% | 73% | |
| Social Studies | 65 | 8% | 57% | 77% | |
| French | 43 | 26% | 60% | 77% | |
| Engineering | 39 | 33% | 49% | 64% |
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.