John Hanson Community School, Andover

In 2026, pupils at John Hanson Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.28: pupils made below 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 35.9, against 45.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 223 families put John Hanson Community School as their first choice and 460 named it as one of their preferences, for 182 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 54 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to John Hanson Community School are Harrow Way Community School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); and Lift Winton (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.9).

John Hanson Community School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Of the 212 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 53% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

The nearest railway station is Andover Rail Station, about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is John Hanson School (outside), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood John Hanson Community School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 126 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, John Hanson Community School issued 219 suspensions, 22.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to John Hanson Community School are St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover (under 0.1 miles); Balksbury Infant School (0.1 miles); Balksbury Junior School (0.2 miles); and Portway Junior School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.