Testwood School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Southampton, SO40 3ZW
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Hounsdown School
Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FT
Local ranking35th 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 5 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 252
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1281
- Boys
- 667 (52%)
- Girls
- 616 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1215 (106% full)
- SEND
- 16.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.6%
- EAL
- 5.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,463/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- 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: 88.8%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
88.8%
White British
3.7%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Jacobs Gutter Lane
Southampton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137229
- UKPRN
- 10034634
- Establishment No.
- 4168
- Trust
- HOUNSDOWN SCHOOL
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