Park Community School
All-through · Community school · Mixed · Hampshire
Middle Park Way, Havant, PO9 4BU
38
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
95%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
84.5%
42.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,006
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
950 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
95%
1st preference success rate
190 of 200 families who put it first got an offer
205
Places offered
244
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 200 | 190 | ● 95% |
| 2nd preference | 26 | 11 | ● 42% |
| 3rd preference | 18 | 4 | ● 22% |
| Total | 244 | 205 | 84% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- All-through
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Christopher Anders
- Address
- Middle Park Way, Leigh Park, Havant, PO9 4BU
- Phone
- 02392489800
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Leigh Park Hermitage · Havant
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116473
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 63% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 32% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,006 pupils · 950 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
03 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,045 pupils
Attendance
84.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
15.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
42.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.9%
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 | 26.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -1.27 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 12% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 28% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.18 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 28.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 13.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 31.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.29 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 201 | — |
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 Literature | 214 | 1% | 13% | 27% | |
| Mathematics | 202 | 3% | 20% | 37% | |
| English Language | 201 | 5% | 22% | 39% | |
| Religious Studies | 136 | 1% | 12% | 18% | |
| Art and Design | 128 | 2% | 14% | 30% | |
| Combined Science | 124 | 2% | 18% | 31% | |
| History | 96 | 8% | 21% | 32% | |
| Statistics | 80 | 0% | 28% | 65% | |
| Biology | 74 | 4% | 20% | 30% | |
| Geography | 61 | 3% | 20% | 23% | |
| Physics | 30 | 10% | 43% | 57% | |
| Chemistry | 29 | 10% | 41% | 69% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working 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.