Secondary schools in Basingstoke
7 secondary schools in Basingstoke, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Basingstoke in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Basingstoke first 1,307 times for 1,299 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Hampshire authority's 69 schools. 3 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Cranbourne, to 2.05 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
- Brighton Hill Community School
- Cranbourne
- The Costello School
- Everest Community Academy
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
- The Vyne Community School
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