Wyvern College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Hampshire
Botley Road, Eastleigh, SO50 7AN
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.9%
20.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,313
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
263 of 263 families who put it first got an offer
288
Places offered
488
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 263 | 263 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 84 | 12 | ● 14% |
| 3rd preference | 141 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 488 | 277 | 57% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 3 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ben Rule
- Address
- Botley Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7AN
- Phone
- 02380692679
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Fair Oak & Horton Heath · Eastleigh
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138184
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WYVERN COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
1,313 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
07 December 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,375 pupils
Attendance
91.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
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 | 50.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.01 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 53% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.54 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 67.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 78.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 265 | — |
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 | 260 | 21% | 55% | 77% | |
| English Language | 259 | 12% | 53% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 255 | 7% | 49% | 72% | |
| German | 207 | 6% | 28% | 46% | |
| Combined Science | 206 | 4% | 33% | 54% | |
| History | 182 | 20% | 54% | 67% | |
| Geography | 74 | 31% | 65% | 74% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 66 | 20% | 53% | 67% | |
| Biology | 52 | 46% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 52 | 54% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 52 | 50% | 96% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 43 | 16% | 30% | 49% |
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.