Havant Academy
Secondary · Havant · PO9 5JD
Data updated
Ofsted category of concern
A formal designation, not a grade. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 4 February 2025
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505 pupils · 72% of 700 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 64.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 35.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- http://www.havant-tkat.org/
- URN
- 136156
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 57 families named it first for 79 Year 7 places, 0.72 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 4 February 2025 Ofsted placed it in a category of concern (Special measures). In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.72 first-choice applications per place79 places offered · 57 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Havant school admissions · Hampshire school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
111 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 90% (Hampshire 80%, England 59%) · Any other White background 2% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
62.55 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 20.23 suspensions and 0.09 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
92.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,443; 24.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£476,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 9 June 2026: Leaders and governors/trustees are taking effective action to improve the school but continued work is needed to remove the special measures designation
- 4 February 2025: Special measures
- 4 December 2018: School remains Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 19% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 20.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 27.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 40.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 53.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 34.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 23.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 17.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 24.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022914 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £250,000118 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £225,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 18an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted