The Vyne Community School
Vyne Road, Basingstoke, RG21 5PB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Pearce
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 740
- URN
- 116440
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256473003
About this school
The Vyne Community School is a community secondary school in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 740 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Vyne Community School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 164 | 138 | 144 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.0 | 39.1 | 43.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.70 -0.93 to -0.48 | -0.63 -0.88 to -0.38 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 33.3% | 37.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 57.2% | 59% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 4% | 6.5% | 11.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
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 Vyne Community 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 | 39 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.1 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 762 |
| 2023/24 | 742 |
| 2024/25 | 746 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Vyne Community School compares
The Vyne Community School ranked 42nd of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43 | 8.8% | 32.8% | 740 | — |
| Everest Community Academy | 34.2 | 9.7% | 33.8% | 740 | 0.9 miles |
| The Costello School | 47.3 | 8.8% | 16.6% | 1,160 | 0.9 miles |
| Cranbourne | 42.7 | 9.5% | 28.3% | 1,088 | 1.4 miles |
| The Blue Coat School Basingstoke | 33.1 | 13% | 34.3% | 837 | 1.8 miles |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School | 59.3 | 4.7% | 10.3% | 894 | 1.9 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)
- 32.84%
- English as an additional language
- 19.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.81%
- Persistent absence
- 21.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Everest Community Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Costello School0.9 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Cranbourne1.4 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke1.8 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School1.9 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
The Vyne Community School ranks 4th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Basingstoke.
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School Secondary
- Brighton Hill Community School Secondary
- Cranbourne Secondary
- Everest Community Academy Secondary
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke Secondary
- The Costello School Secondary
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Vyne Community School teach?
- The Vyne Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of The Vyne Community School?
- The headteacher of The Vyne Community School is Mrs Nicola Pearce, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Vyne Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Vyne Community 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 many pupils are at The Vyne Community School?
- The Vyne Community School has 740 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Vyne Community School full?
- The Vyne Community School has capacity for 750 pupils and 740 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 Vyne Community School a faith school?
- No. The Vyne Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Vyne Community School a selective school?
- No. The Vyne Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does The Vyne Community School have?
- The schools register lists The Vyne Community School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Vyne Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39 in 2022/23 and 43 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 Vyne Community School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- The Vyne Community School ranked 42nd of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% 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 Vyne Community School's absence rate?
- The Vyne Community School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Vyne Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Vyne Community 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.