The Vyne Community School, Basingstoke

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades The Vyne Community School on 6 areas: 4 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.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the barriers that some pupils face in attending school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have made recent improvements to how the curriculum is planned and delivered."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have effective systems in place to accurately identify any barriers that pupils may have to their learning and/or wellbeing."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils are well supported in their personal development and the quality of pastoral care they receive."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, do not achieve consistently well in national examinations."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Governors are not sufficiently knowledgeable about some aspects of their statutory duties."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Governors should ensure that their statutory safeguarding responsibilities are thoroughly fulfilled"; "Leaders should ensure that safeguarding records are used consistently and precisely so that patterns of risk can be readily identified and mitigated"; "Leaders should ensure that gaps in pupils' knowledge are swiftly identified, addressed and reduced"; "Leaders should continue to improve the quality and consistency of teaching across the school so that pupils achieve well across all curriculum areas"; "Leaders should ensure that their high expectations are consistently reinforced. In particular, leaders should ensure that pupils attend lessons on time and engage purposefully in their learning".

In its own words: "The Vyne Community School is committed to being a happy, ambitious and successful place of learning where we are truly “Inspiring excellence.” Rooted in our values of Determination, Opportunities, Valour and Empathy, we create a culture where every student feels safe, respected and empowered to achieve their very best."

In 2026, pupils at The Vyne Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 43 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.63: 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 41.9, against 49.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 176 families put The Vyne Community School as their first choice and 446 named it as one of their preferences, for 135 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 59 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Vyne Community School are Everest Community Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.1); The Costello School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4); Cranbourne (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and The Blue Coat School Basingstoke (1.8 miles, Attainment 8 35.2).

The Vyne Community School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 138 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 6% into work.

In 2026, 149 pupils (20.1%) received SEN support and 61 (8.2%) 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.

The Vyne Community School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 12 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The Vyne Community School had 57 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 Basingstoke Rail Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Vyne School Field (outside), 270 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 440 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 Vyne Community School issued 134 suspensions, 18 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Vyne Community School are Oakridge Junior School (0.3 miles), South View Junior School (0.3 miles), Oakridge Infant School (0.3 miles) and South View Infant and Nursery School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.