Weston Secondary School
Tickleford Drive, Weston, Southampton, SO19 9QP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr David Butterworth
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Boarding
- College / FE residential accommodation
- Sponsor
- Hamwic Education Trust
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 999
- Pupils on roll
- 653
- URN
- 147676
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380447820
About this school
Weston Secondary School is a secondary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 653 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 59 | 156 | 166 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.6 | 31.2 | 31.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.51 -0.90 to -0.13 | -0.71 -0.96 to -0.46 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 19.2% | 24.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 37.8% | 36.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 5% | 12.8% | 9.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
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 Weston Secondary 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 | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.6 | 38 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 31.2 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.1 | 34 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 747 |
| 2023/24 | 806 |
| 2024/25 | 738 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Weston Secondary School compares
Weston Secondary School ranked 11th of 11 secondary schools in Southampton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31.1 | 12.1% | 58.1% | 653 | — |
| Oasis Academy Mayfield | 37 | 12.4% | 46.2% | 884 | 0.6 miles |
| Oasis Academy Sholing | 43.3 | 11% | 33.5% | 1,030 | 1.2 miles |
| The Hamble School | 47.2 | 10.4% | 27.5% | 1,139 | 1.7 miles |
| Woodlands Community College | 35.5 | 14.3% | 55.5% | 907 | 2.3 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic School | 55.6 | 7.2% | 33.2% | 1,189 | 2.8 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)
- 58.13%
- English as an additional language
- 40%
- Overall absence
- 12.09%
- Persistent absence
- 33.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oasis Academy Mayfield0.6 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Oasis Academy Sholing1.2 miles
Secondary · Southampton
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The Hamble School1.7 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Woodlands Community College2.3 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
St Anne's Catholic School2.8 miles
Secondary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Weston Secondary School ranks 20th 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 Weston Secondary School teach?
- Weston Secondary School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Weston Secondary School?
- The headteacher of Weston Secondary School is Mr David Butterworth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Weston Secondary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Weston Secondary 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 Weston Secondary School?
- Weston Secondary School has 653 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Weston Secondary School full?
- Weston Secondary School has capacity for 999 pupils and 653 on roll (65%), 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 Weston Secondary School a faith school?
- No. Weston Secondary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Weston Secondary School a selective school?
- No. Weston Secondary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Weston Secondary School?
- Weston Secondary School is part of HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Weston Secondary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.6 in 2022/23 and 31.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Weston Secondary School rank locally?
- Weston Secondary School ranked 11th of 11 secondary schools in Southampton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Weston Secondary School's absence rate?
- Weston Secondary School's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Weston Secondary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Weston Secondary 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 10 July 2026.