The Cowplain School, Waterlooville

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In 2026, pupils at The Cowplain School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

36% 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 39.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.24: 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 29.9, against 43.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 148 families put The Cowplain School as their first choice and 268 named it as one of their preferences, for 176 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Cowplain School are Horndean Technology College (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); Oaklands Catholic School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.9); Crookhorn College (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3); and Park Community School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 27.7).

The Cowplain School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 70% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

3.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The Cowplain School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and autism: 30 places, 11 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bedhampton Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Community School (e-bound), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Cowplain 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 233 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, The Cowplain School issued 186 suspensions, 18.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Cowplain School are Hart Plain Infant School (0.2 miles), Hart Plain Junior School (0.3 miles), Padnell Infant School (0.5 miles) and Padnell Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.