Noadswood School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Southampton, SO45 4ZF
- Distance
- 3.2km away
Lift New Forest
Long Lane, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2PA
Local ranking46th of 69 secondary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 99
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 548
- Boys
- 274 (54%)
- Girls
- 230 (46%)
- Capacity
- 800 (63% full)
- SEND
- 22.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.3%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,976/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
- 9.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.0%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- White Traveller: 0.4%
93.0%
White British
1.6%
White Other
0.9%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Long Lane
Southampton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 138585
- UKPRN
- 10038482
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
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