Amery Hill School, Alton

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Amery Hill School on 6 areas: 1 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils' personal development and welfare are very well considered."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, typically achieve in line with national averages over time."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of teaching across the school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders at all levels are united in their vision that all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, should flourish."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Disadvantaged pupils do not attend school as often as they should."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their attendance strategy reduces persistent absence and improves attendance, particularly for those who are disadvantaged"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers use ongoing checks on pupils' learning in lessons consistently well and that they use this information to adapt their teaching so that pupils achieve highly across subjects".

In its own words: "Amery Hill School is a welcoming and supportive learning community where all students are encouraged to become independent, creative, active and resilient learners with the empathy to respond responsibly and morally to the challenges of this ever-changing world. We aim for academic excellence and achievement for all of our students."

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Amery Hill School - a thriving and welcoming learning community which is proud to serve the town of Alton and its surrounding villages. 'Pupils enjoy attending this harmonious and inclusive school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance and drama.

In 2026, pupils at Amery Hill School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 50 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.1, against 56.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 23.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Geography, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 187 families put Amery Hill School as their first choice and 349 named it as one of their preferences, for 188 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Of the 201 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 46% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 242 pupils (24.6%) received SEN support and 69 (7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Alton Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Amery Hill School (w-bound), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Amery Hill School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Amery Hill School issued 124 suspensions, 12.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Amery Hill School are Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Alton Infant School (0.3 miles), Anstey Junior School (0.3 miles) and Wootey Infant School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.