The Arnewood School

State-Funded School

the-arnewood-school-hampshire-south-east

South EastRegion

HampshireLocal Authority

New Forest WestConstituency

BH25 6RSPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Arnewood School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Hampshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 839 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Mar 2026 · published 17 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 37.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 22.3%
EBacc average point score: 3.16

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

839

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 839
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 May 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
30 Nov 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.