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Schools in Hampshire

600 schools in the Hampshire local authority.

Schools

600

Open schools

Pupils

195,029

2025–26 census

Good or better

94%

429 of 455 graded

Academic Performance

5.1

out of 10 · 531 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
48 11%
Good
381 84%
Requires improvement
17 4%
Inadequate
9 2%
62 inspected since 2024, no overall grade53 superseded by a report card83 not judged8 in a category of concern5 safeguarding not effective
5.1
Academic Performance

Averaged over 531 of 600 schools that can be scored

Pupils

195,029

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 591 of 600 schools (195,029 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
85%
Asian
5%
Black
3%
Mixed
5%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
<1%

Ethnicity from 527 of 600 schools (180,202 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
21.0%

37,809 of 180,202 pupils · 527 of 600 schools

First language not English
10.7%

19,200 of 180,202 pupils · 527 of 600 schools

Young carers
1.6%

2,898 of 179,892 pupils · 524 of 600 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
434
Secondary
74
All-through
17
Special
41
Nursery
3
PRU
7
Not recorded
24

Top primary schools in Hampshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Hampshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 600 schools in Hampshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Hampshire

How many schools are there in Hampshire?
Hampshire has 600 open schools — 434 primary, 74 secondary, 41 special, 3 nursery, teaching 195,029 pupils in total.
How many schools in Hampshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
429 of the 455 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 94% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 48 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 600: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Hampshire?
5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 531 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Hampshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
145 schools in Hampshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Hampshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Hampshire covers 600 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Hampshire are eligible for free school meals?
21.0% — 37,809 of 180,202 pupils at the 527 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South East region.