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Schools in the Hampshire local authority

Hampshire has 621 schools listed on OfferDay across 55 towns.

3 nursery schools · 423 primary schools · 67 secondary schools · 2 all-through schools · 11 sixth forms and colleges · 74 special and alternative provision schools · 38 independent schools · 3 other establishments

About schools in Hampshire

Hampshire lists 621 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 67 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has two all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
63%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 318 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.4
average Attainment 8 score, across the 89 schools with published results

Top schools in Hampshire

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 93%
  2. 2 Wherwell Primary School 93%
  3. 3 Rucstall Primary School 90%
  4. 4 Burghclere Primary School 90%
  5. 5 Broughton Primary School 90%
  6. 6 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 88%
  7. 7 Ashford Hill Primary School 87%
  8. 8 Sparsholt Church of England Primary School 86%

Secondary

  1. 1 Thornden School 59.9
  2. 2 The Westgate School 59.8
  3. 3 Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School 59.3
  4. 4 Kings' School 57.8
  5. 5 The Petersfield School 56.4
  6. 6 Bohunt School 56.3
  7. 7 Ringwood School Academy 56.2
  8. 8 Court Moor School 54.1

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Hampshire.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Hampshire

How many schools does Hampshire have?
OfferDay lists 621 schools in Hampshire, including 423 primary schools and 74 special and alternative provision schools.
Who inspects schools in Hampshire?
Every school in Hampshire is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Hampshire ranked?
OfferDay ranks schools in Hampshire where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Hampshire local authority?
OfferDay groups the Hampshire schools across 55 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.