Secondary
The Hamble School
Satchell Lane, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton, SO31 4NE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1139 of 1152 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- Hampshire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 93.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 1,113
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
March 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
GCSE results
53%
11 points above the Southampton average (42% across 20 schools)
47.2
3.5 above the Southampton average (43.7 across 20 schools)
7th of 20 by our score, among the secondary schools in Southampton we can score - 28 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 |
| Entered the EBacc | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 49% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.40 |
| 22/23 | -0.12 |
| 23/24 | -0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.2 |
| 22/23 | 47.1 |
| 23/24 | 45.2 |
| 24/25 | 47.2 |
Satchell Lane, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton, SO31 4NE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hampshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Louisa Cambridge
- Address
- Satchell Lane, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton, SO31 4NE
- Telephone
- 02380452105