Park Community School, Havant

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Park Community School on 6 areas: 1 strong standard, 3 expected standard and 2 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 benefit enormously from a well-designed personal development programme that prepares them for the demands of adult life."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school's curriculum is broad and ambitious."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff consistently go the extra mile to improve pupils' lives."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors share a clear commitment to every pupil and their family in this unique school."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published outcomes show that pupils have not achieved as well as they should."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders recognise that there is more to do to ensure that pupils attend school more regularly."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders must continue to implement their attendance strategy so that attendance improves and persistent absence reduces, especially for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently adapt learning activities to match pupils' needs, so pupils can apply knowledge and write about their learning in more detailed ways"; "Leaders should continue to ensure that pupils achieve well in the qualifications they study, including increasing the number who reach expected standards in English and mathematics"; "Leaders should refine how precisely they check the quality of the school's work so they can judge the impact of their actions with confidence and secure sustained improvement".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, coding, robotics and STEM.

Coming up: an admissions event on Friday 25 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Park Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 27.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

7% 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 28.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.27: pupils made well 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 24.6, against 32.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.1 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 199 families put Park Community School as their first choice and 244 named it as one of their preferences, for 188 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 19 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Park Community School are Oaklands Catholic School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.9); Crookhorn College (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3); Havant Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.3); and Warblington School (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.5).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Park Community School.

Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 61% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 58% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 6% into work.

62.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 287 pupils (28.5%) received SEN support and 78 (7.8%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

Park Community School had 76 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Bedhampton Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Quarely Road (w-bound), 190 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 283 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Park Community School issued 122 suspensions, 12.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Park Community School are Barncroft Primary School (0.5 miles); Warren Park Primary School (0.5 miles); St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant (0.8 miles); and Trosnant Infant School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.