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Applemore College

Secondary · Southampton · SO45 4RQ

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At a glance

478 pupils · 62% of 775 capacity

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
32% of pupils
English as additional language
1.9% of pupils
SEN support
16.2% of pupils
EHC plan
12.2% of pupils
Website
http://www.applemore.hants.sch.uk/
URN
116504

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

65 places offered · 53 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

121 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
36.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
49.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
32.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.2
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
31%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,331
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
90%
Continuing in education
83%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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