Secondary
Cranbourne
Wessex Close, Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1088 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
42%
42.7
5th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Basingstoke we can score - 9 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 | 42.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.74 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
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 | 35% |
| 22/23 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.59 |
| 22/23 | -0.71 |
| 23/24 | -0.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.5 |
| 22/23 | 35.0 |
| 23/24 | 43.8 |
| 24/25 | 42.7 |
Wessex Close, Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
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
- Sarah Conlon
- Address
- Wessex Close, Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
- Telephone
- 01256868600