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Danebury School

Secondary · Stockbridge · SO20 6HA

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Inadequate

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 18 October 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: InadequateBehaviour & attitudes: InadequatePersonal development: InadequateLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: No

Inspected 18 October 2022

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At a glance

357 pupils · 46% of 780 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.danebury.hispmat.org
URN
150127

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 63 families named it first for 70 Year 7 places, 0.90 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 18 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

70 places offered · 63 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
34.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
42.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
23.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3
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 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school34.3
Median of its 12 closest peers37.2
Hampshire average45.2
England46.1

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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern EdgeReading · 35 miles awayExpected standard44.3
UTC OxfordshireDidcot · 35 miles awayGood32.5
Wensleydale SchoolLeyburn · 222 miles awayExpected standard41.5
Hadlow Rural Community SchoolHadlow · 80 miles awayExpected standard36.3
Boroughbridge High SchoolYork · 206 miles awayExpected standard43
The Rural Enterprise AcademyPenkridge · 113 miles awayInadequate37.6
Lift BroadlandsBristol · 48 miles awayGood31.8
Chester International SchoolChester · 155 miles awayExpected standard34.5
Risedale SchoolCatterick Garrison · 226 miles awayRequires improvement29.8
XP EastDoncaster · 167 miles awayRequires improvement36.9
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolBromyard · 86 miles awayGood39.7
XP SchoolDoncaster · 167 miles awayGood39.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
0 of 15 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Hampshire 80%, England 59%) · Any other White background 7% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

26.07 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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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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

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 9% 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)

72% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 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 £55,990; 15.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£10,561
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £99,000; in-year balance -£217,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.7%62.3%
Social housing11.9%17.1%
Privately rented19.4%20.5%
Detached houses48.2%22.9%
Flats7.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023167 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£517,50026 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£356,000–£931,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£1,125,000
Terraced (11)£485,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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

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