The Toynbee School, Eastleigh

In 2026, pupils at The Toynbee School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 47.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.2: pupils made above 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 38.9, against 51.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.6 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 203 families put The Toynbee School as their first choice and 507 named it as one of their preferences, for 200 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Toynbee School are Crestwood Community School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.7); Thornden School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 64.5); Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (2.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.8); and Cantell School (2.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 43.1).

The Toynbee School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

181 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Toynbee School (as of September 2025): 80% would recommend the school, 82% say their child is happy there and 54% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (54%).

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

10.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Asian (7%).

The Toynbee School has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Chandlers Ford Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Toynbee School (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Toynbee 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 148 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, The Toynbee School issued 203 suspensions, 18.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Toynbee School are St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford (0.3 miles); Fryern Junior School (0.4 miles); Fryern Infant School (0.4 miles); and Chandler's Ford Infant School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.