Test Valley School
Roman Road, Stockbridge, SO20 6HA
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Danebury School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo McKeown
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 780
- Pupils on roll
- 364
- URN
- 116426
- Local authority
- Hampshire
About this school
Test Valley School was a community secondary school in Stockbridge. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 364 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Test Valley School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 85 | 93 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.2 | 39.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.79 -1.09 to -0.48 | -0.45 -0.76 to -0.14 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 25.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 50.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 32% | 12.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Trends over time
How Test Valley 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 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.8 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 400 |
| 2023/24 | 364 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Test Valley School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 11.6% | 22.3% | 364 | — |
| Danebury School | 34.3 | 10.7% | 26.4% | 357 | 0.0 miles |
| John Hanson Community School | 43.5 | 7% | 18.7% | 987 | 6.3 miles |
| Lift Winton | 37.9 | 10% | 36.3% | 978 | 6.9 miles |
| Harrow Way Community School | 44.4 | 7.8% | 27.2% | 992 | 7.1 miles |
| Kings' School | 57.8 | 7.7% | 17.9% | 1,737 | 7.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.3%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.6%
- Persistent absence
- 33.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Danebury School0.0 miles
Secondary · Stockbridge
-
John Hanson Community School6.3 miles
Secondary · Andover
-
Lift Winton6.9 miles
Secondary · Andover
-
Harrow Way Community School7.1 miles
Secondary · Andover
-
Kings' School7.7 miles
Secondary · Winchester
Other schools in Stockbridge
- Danebury School Secondary
- Broughton Primary School Primary
- King's Somborne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Stockbridge Primary & Pre-School Primary
- Wallop Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Test Valley School teach?
- Test Valley School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Stockbridge.
- Has Test Valley School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Test Valley School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Test Valley School?
- Test Valley School had 364 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Test Valley School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.2 in 2022/23 and 39.8 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Test Valley School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Test Valley 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 9 July 2024.