Community special school

Osborne School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formHampshire, South East · Winchester SO23 7GASchool website
Pupils on roll
220of 216 places
Free school meals
43.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
36
Ofsted
Outstanding, 28 September 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Tankerville Special School (URN 116610); Greenacres School (URN 116613).

What the data says

Of the 35 pupils who finished Year 11 at Osborne School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Osborne School’s own sixth form (Hampshire average 6%), 40% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Osborne School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 1.6, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hampshire and England.

Osborne School
Hampshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureOsborne SchoolHampshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort3514,028607,348
Any sustained destination77%92%92%
Stayed in education77%85%86%
— school sixth form0%6%34%
— sixth form college14%40%13%
— further education college40%38%37%
— other education23%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination6%6%6%
Destination unknown17%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureOsborne SchoolHampshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.645.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%34%41%
EBacc average point score0.124.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort42%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils2.130.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils1.349.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language11%8%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics617%88%0%22%0%
Art and Design411%7%24%
English Language411%89%20%
Combined Science411%65%9%
Textiles13%2%27%

Other secondary schools in Hampshire

Alderwood School

Community school · 1,471 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

Amery Hill School

Academy converter · 982 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0

Applemore College

Foundation school · 478 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.7

Bohunt School

Academy converter · sixth form · 2,012 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3

Bridgemary School

Academy sponsor led · 814 pupils

78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.