Warblington School
Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2RR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Hartnell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 810
- URN
- 116475
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392475480
About this school
Warblington School is a community secondary school in Havant. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 810 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 112 | 126 | 118 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.4 | 39.3 | 36.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.76 -1.03 to -0.48 | -0.49 -0.74 to -0.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 36.5% | 33.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 57.1% | 52.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 60% | 69% | 47.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
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 Warblington 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 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.3 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.4 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 671 |
| 2023/24 | 723 |
| 2024/25 | 758 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Warblington School compares
Warblington School ranked 60th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.4 | 11.2% | 32.3% | 810 | — |
| Havant Academy | 32.7 | 10.7% | 61.4% | 505 | 1.6 miles |
| Park Community School | 28.3 | 15.5% | 62.9% | 1,006 | 1.8 miles |
| Bourne Community College | 39.1 | 8.6% | 22.6% | 692 | 2.4 miles |
| Oaklands Catholic School | 52.3 | 5.5% | 17.2% | 1,419 | 2.5 miles |
| Crookhorn College | 42.6 | 8.1% | 27.6% | 943 | 2.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 3 July 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.32%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.19%
- Persistent absence
- 30.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Havant Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Havant
-
Park Community School1.8 miles
Secondary · Havant
-
Bourne Community College2.4 miles
Secondary · Emsworth
-
Oaklands Catholic School2.5 miles
Secondary · Waterlooville
-
Crookhorn College2.6 miles
Secondary · Waterlooville
Other schools in Havant
- Havant Academy Secondary
- Park Community School Secondary
- Barncroft Primary School Primary
- Bidbury Infant School Primary
- Bidbury Junior School Primary
- Bosmere Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Front Lawn Primary Academy Primary
- Riders Infant School Primary
- Riders Junior School Primary
- Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Warblington School teach?
- Warblington School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Havant.
- Who is the headteacher of Warblington School?
- The headteacher of Warblington School is Mr Mike Hartnell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Warblington School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warblington 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 Warblington School?
- Warblington School has 810 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Warblington School full?
- Warblington School has capacity for 900 pupils and 810 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Warblington School a faith school?
- No. Warblington School has no designated religious character.
- Is Warblington School a selective school?
- No. Warblington School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Warblington School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.4 in 2022/23 and 36.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Warblington School rank locally?
- Warblington School ranked 60th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Warblington School's absence rate?
- Warblington School's overall absence rate is 11.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Warblington School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warblington 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.