The Hamble School
Satchell Lane, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton, SO31 4NE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Louisa Cambridge
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Hamble Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,152
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139
- URN
- 116413
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380452105
About this school
The Hamble School is a community secondary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,139 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 257 | 216 | 196 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.1 | 45.2 | 47.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 -0.29 to +0.06 | -0.18 -0.37 to +0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 49.1% | 52.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 65.3% | 74% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 42% | 43.1% | 32.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Hamble School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47.1 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.2 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.2 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,162 |
| 2023/24 | 1,113 |
| 2024/25 | 1,099 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Hamble School compares
The Hamble School ranked 28th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 66% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.2 | 10.4% | 27.5% | 1,139 | — |
| Oasis Academy Mayfield | 37 | 12.4% | 46.2% | 884 | 1.6 miles |
| Weston Secondary School | 31.1 | 12.1% | 58.1% | 653 | 1.7 miles |
| Brookfield Community School | 50.8 | 8.2% | 13.2% | 1,854 | 1.9 miles |
| Oasis Academy Sholing | 43.3 | 11% | 33.5% | 1,030 | 2.6 miles |
| Woodlands Community College | 35.5 | 14.3% | 55.5% | 907 | 3.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.48%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 28.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oasis Academy Mayfield1.6 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Weston Secondary School1.7 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Brookfield Community School1.9 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Oasis Academy Sholing2.6 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Woodlands Community College3.2 miles
Secondary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
The Hamble School ranks 6th of the 20 ranked secondary schools in Southampton.
- Applemore College Secondary
- Bitterne Park School Secondary
- Brookfield Community School Secondary
- Cantell School Secondary
- Deer Park School Secondary
- Hounsdown School Secondary
- Lift New Forest Secondary
- Noadswood School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill Secondary
- Oasis Academy Mayfield Secondary
- Oasis Academy Sholing Secondary
- Redbridge Community School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Hamble School teach?
- The Hamble School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of The Hamble School?
- The headteacher of The Hamble School is Miss Louisa Cambridge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Hamble School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Hamble School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Hamble School?
- The Hamble School has 1,139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Hamble School full?
- The Hamble School has capacity for 1,152 pupils and 1,139 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Hamble School a faith school?
- No. The Hamble School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Hamble School a selective school?
- No. The Hamble School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have The Hamble School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.1 in 2022/23 and 47.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Hamble School rank locally?
- The Hamble School ranked 28th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 66% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Hamble School's absence rate?
- The Hamble School's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Hamble School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Hamble School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.