Secondary
Hounsdown School
Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1283 of 1215 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Trust
- HOUNSDOWN SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 99.5
- Pupils per adult
- 13.1
- Pupils
- 1,299
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 June 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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
March 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)March 2017
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
GCSE results
44%
2 points above the Southampton average (42% across 20 schools)
46.1
2.4 above the Southampton average (43.7 across 20 schools)
9th 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 | 46.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.22 |
| Entered the EBacc | 62% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
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 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.14 |
| 22/23 | -0.16 |
| 23/24 | -0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.4 |
| 22/23 | 49.6 |
| 23/24 | 46.6 |
| 24/25 | 46.1 |
Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FT
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
- Executive Headteacher
- David Veal
- Address
- Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FT
- Telephone
- 02380862981