Secondary
The Cowplain School
Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8RY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 993 of 1080 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE COWPLAIN SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 90.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 995
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 2024
Good
- 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)GCSE results
38%
6 points below the Waterlooville average (44% across 5 schools)
39.6
6.4 below the Waterlooville average (46.0 across 5 schools)
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Waterlooville we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 |
| Entered the EBacc | 21% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
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 | 37% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.27 |
| 22/23 | -0.48 |
| 23/24 | -0.24 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.1 |
| 22/23 | 38.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.0 |
| 24/25 | 39.6 |
Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8RY
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
- Ian Gates
- Address
- Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8RY
- Telephone
- 02392612020