Danebury School
Stockbridge, SO20 6HA · Hampshire local authority
What stands out about Danebury School
- Its own letter, D: GCSE results near the bottom of England’s secondary schools (better than 8%)
- 28% get grade 5 or above in English and maths, 20 points below England’s schools
- Room to spare: 357 pupils for 780 places
- Ofsted: Inadequate, October 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (63 of 63)
- Homes in its postcode sector (SO20 6) sold for a median £596,675; Stockbridge’s is £575,000
Results
DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 76 pupilsEach bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Danebury beats are shaded green.
Attainment 8 36.3
Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 7% of schools · Hampshire avg 45.6
Grade 5+ in English and maths 28%
A strong pass · higher than 11% of schools · Hampshire avg 43%
Attainment 8, three years
The mark is England’s average that year
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26
Attainment 8 for the 19 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Danebury School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Hisp Multi Academy Trust Ltd sets the admissions rules. Apply through Hampshire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Stockbridge and Hampshire, side by side
2025/26All 69 graded secondaries in Hampshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Stockbridge’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornden School | A+ | 7% | 64.5 |
| The Westgate School | A | 11% | 59.7 |
| Kings' School | A | 18% | 58.6 |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School | A | 11% | 58.1 |
| Court Moor School | A | 9% | 56.5 |
| Bohunt School | A | 11% | 56.5 |
| The Petersfield School | A | 15% | 56 |
| Henry Beaufort School | A− | 16% | 52.4 |
| Amery Hill School | A− | 19% | 52.3 |
| The Burgate School and Sixth Form | A− | 15% | 52.2 |
| Calthorpe Park School | A− | 12% | 51.8 |
| Testbourne Community School | A− | 16% | 51.7 |
| Swanmore College | B+ | 21% | 51.6 |
| Priestlands School | A− | 21% | 51.3 |
| Cams Hill School | A− | 13% | 51 |
| Ringwood School Academy | B+ | 19% | 50.8 |
| The Mountbatten School | B+ | 13% | 50.6 |
| Robert May's School | A− | 15% | 50.6 |
| Brookfield Community School | B+ | 13% | 50.5 |
| The Costello School | B+ | 18% | 50.4 |
| Deer Park School | B+ | 21% | 50.3 |
| The Toynbee School | B− | 20% | 49.2 |
| Oaklands Catholic School | B | 19% | 48.9 |
| Perins School | B+ | 13% | 48.8 |
| Hounsdown School | B | 18% | 48.7 |
| The Hamble School | B+ | 26% | 48.1 |
| Horndean Technology College | B− | 21% | 47.7 |
| Yateley School | B | 12% | 47.6 |
| The Vyne Community School | B− | 32% | 47.1 |
| Wyvern College | B | 22% | 46.6 |
| Harrow Way Community School | B− | 28% | 46 |
| Eggar's School | B− | 18% | 45.8 |
| The Hurst School | C+ | 15% | 45.7 |
| The Wavell School | C+ | 16% | 45.7 |
| Crofton School | C+ | 17% | 45.5 |
| Wildern School | B− | 19% | 45.4 |
| Brighton Hill Community School | B− | 19% | 45.2 |
| Frogmore Community College | C+ | 20% | 45.2 |
| King's Academy Bay House | B− | 23% | 44.9 |
| The Romsey School | B− | 25% | 44.8 |
| Oakmoor School | B− | 26% | 44.2 |
| Purbrook Park School | C | 20% | 43.8 |
| Noadswood School | C | 23% | 43.6 |
| John Hanson Community School | C | 18% | 43.4 |
| Crestwood Community School | C | 37% | 42.7 |
| Cranbourne | C− | 27% | 42.1 |
| Portchester Community School | C− | 31% | 41.3 |
| Crookhorn College | C− | 29% | 41.3 |
| Bohunt Farnborough | C | 34% | 41.2 |
| Alderwood School | C− | 30% | 41.1 |
| The Arnewood School | C− | 29% | 40.4 |
| The Cowplain School | C− | 31% | 40.1 |
| Lift New Forest | C− | 43% | 39.9 |
| Cove School | C− | 28% | 39.6 |
| The Henry Cort Community College | C− | 22% | 39.5 |
| Fareham Academy | D | 29% | 39.2 |
| Testwood School | D | 31% | 39 |
| The Clere School | C− | 29% | 38.8 |
| Everest Community Academy | D | 35% | 38.1 |
| The Hayling College | D | 30% | 37.5 |
| Applemore College | D | 32% | 37.4 |
| King's Academy Brune Park | D | 36% | 37.2 |
| Warblington School | D | 34% | 36.5 |
| Danebury School | D | 23% | 36.3 |
| Lift Winton | D | 35% | 35.9 |
| The Blue Coat School Basingstoke | D | 34% | 35.2 |
| Havant Academy | D− | 65% | 34.3 |
| Bridgemary School | D− | 42% | 31.4 |
| Park Community School | D− | 63% | 27.7 |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025326 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Danebury School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Inadequate, October 2022.
Living near Danebury School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in SO20 6, the school’s postcode sector
Stockbridge property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in SO20 6 sell for a little over Stockbridge’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗Stockbridge, SO20 6HA
Danebury School: common questions
Is Danebury School a good school?
By its published results, well below average: its GCSE results are better than 8% of England’s secondary schools (its letter is D), with an Attainment 8 of 36.3 and 28% getting grade 5 or above in English and maths, against 47.3 and 47% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inadequate, October 2022.
How hard is it to get into Danebury School?
For September 2026, 63 families put Danebury School first and all of them were offered a place; 70 places were offered in all.
What is Danebury School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inadequate (October 2022).
How much do houses cost near Danebury School?
Homes in its postcode sector, SO20 6, sold for a median £596,675 over the 36 months to August 2026 (156 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Stockbridge’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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