Danebury School
Roman Road, Stockbridge, SO20 6HA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicky Goodridge
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- HISP Multi Academy Trust Ltd
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 780
- Pupils on roll
- 357
- URN
- 150127
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01264810555
About this school
Danebury School is a secondary academy in Stockbridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 357 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Test Valley School (URN 116426).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 64 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 23.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 |
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 Danebury 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How Danebury School compares
Danebury School ranked 61st of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.3 | 10.7% | 26.4% | 357 | — |
| 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 |
| Henry Beaufort School | 50.5 | 6.6% | 16.2% | 979 | 7.8 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)
- 26.38%
- English as an additional language
- 8.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.71%
- Persistent absence
- 34.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
-
Henry Beaufort School7.8 miles
Secondary · Winchester
Other schools in Stockbridge
- 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 Danebury School teach?
- Danebury School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stockbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Danebury School?
- The headteacher of Danebury School is Mrs Nicky Goodridge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Danebury School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Danebury 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 Danebury School?
- Danebury School has 357 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Danebury School full?
- Danebury School has capacity for 780 pupils and 357 on roll (46%), 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 Danebury School a faith school?
- No. Danebury School has no designated religious character.
- Is Danebury School a selective school?
- No. Danebury School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Danebury School?
- Danebury School is part of HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Danebury School rank locally?
- Danebury School ranked 61st of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Danebury School's absence rate?
- Danebury School's overall absence rate is 10.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Danebury School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Danebury 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.