Brune Park Community School
Military Road, Gosport, PO12 3BU
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by King's Academy Brune Park. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Miss Kerry Payne
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,755
- Pupils on roll
- 1,352
- URN
- 144014
- Local authority
- Hampshire
About this school
Brune Park Community School was a secondary academy in Gosport. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,352 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Brune Park Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in May 2017, 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 | 243 | 271 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.8 | 32.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.93 -1.11 to -0.75 | -0.92 -1.09 to -0.75 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% | 20.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 40.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 19.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.8 |
Trends over time
How Brune Park 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 | 31.8 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.2 | 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 | 13.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,360 |
| 2023/24 | 1,352 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brune Park Community 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 | — | 11.3% | 36.8% | 1,352 | — |
| King's Academy Brune Park | 33 | 10.6% | 38.9% | 1,167 | 0.0 miles |
| Bridgemary School | 33.8 | 10.7% | 39.3% | 814 | 1.2 miles |
| King's Academy Bay House | 43.8 | 9.3% | 23.6% | 2,036 | 1.7 miles |
| Crofton School | 45.3 | 8.3% | 17.4% | 1,112 | 2.2 miles |
| Portchester Community School | 41.8 | 9.6% | 28.8% | 688 | 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.8%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.3%
- Persistent absence
- 33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King's Academy Brune Park0.0 miles
Secondary · Gosport
-
Bridgemary School1.2 miles
Secondary · Gosport
-
King's Academy Bay House1.7 miles
Secondary · Gosport
-
Crofton School2.2 miles
Secondary · Fareham
-
Portchester Community School2.6 miles
Secondary · Fareham
Other schools in Gosport
- Bridgemary School Secondary
- King's Academy Bay House Secondary
- King's Academy Brune Park Secondary
- Haven Early Years Centre Nursery
- Alver Valley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alver Valley Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School Primary
- Bedenham Primary School Primary
- Brockhurst Primary School Primary
- Elson Infant School Primary
- Elson Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brune Park Community School teach?
- Brune Park Community School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Gosport.
- Has Brune Park Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Brune Park Community 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 Brune Park Community School?
- Brune Park Community School had 1,352 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Brune Park Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.8 in 2022/23 and 32.2 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Brune Park Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brune Park 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 11 July 2024.