Hounsdown School is a secondary school located in Southampton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 17/03/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Jacobs Gutter Lane, Southampton

School Information

Address: Jacobs Gutter Lane, Southampton, SO40 9FT
Website: http://www.hounsdown.hants.sch.uk/
Telephone: 02380862981
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hampshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Veal
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137229

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1215
Number of Pupils: 1242
Number of Boys: 647
Number of Girls: 595

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.2 Confidence interval 0.04 to 0.36
Of the 260 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 256 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:20%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:52%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:51
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.35
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Eling Infant School and Nursery
School Road , Totton SO40 9HX 		3out of 4 1,294 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Foxhills Junior School
Foxhills Lane , Ashurst SO40 7ED 		3out of 4 1,403 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Foxhills Infant School
Foxhills , Colbury SO40 7ED 		3out of 4 1,517 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Lydlynch Infant School
Lydlynch Road, , Totton SO40 3DW 		3out of 4 1,705 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Abbotswood Junior School
Ringwood Road , Totton SO40 8EB 		3out of 4 1,805 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hounsdown School
Jacobs Gutter Lane , Totton SO40 9FT 		4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Testwood School
Testwood Lane , Totton SO40 3ZW 		3out of 4 2,528 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Redbridge Community School
Cuckmere Lane , SO16 9RJ 		3out of 4 2,945 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Forest Park School
Ringwood Road , Totton SO40 8DZ 		3out of 4 1,588 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
GLADE School
49 Junction Road , Totton SO40 3BU 		- not rated 1,627 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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