The Arnewood School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- New Milton, BH25 6RS
- Distance
- 7.8km away
Priestlands School
North Street, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8FZ
Local ranking22nd of 69 secondary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1215
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 22 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 238
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1236
- Boys
- 626 (52%)
- Girls
- 579 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1215 (99% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.3%
- EAL
- 6.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,581/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.6%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.3%
87.6%
White British
5.6%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
North Street
Lymington, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137129
- UKPRN
- 10034820
- Establishment No.
- 4129
- Trust
- PRIESTLANDS SCHOOL
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