Schools in Hampshire
Hampshire · 5 schools
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 4 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Hampshire (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hampshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Schools in Hampshire (5)
- New Forest School
Special · Ages 7-18 · Independent · SO45 1FJ
Ofsted: Outstanding (2025)Attainment 8: 9.2 (2026) - CHARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED
Prep · Ages 3-11 · Independent · SO18 4DJ
- Prince's Mead School
Prep · Ages 2-11 · Independent · SO21 1AN
By type:Prep schools in Hampshire (2)All-through schools in Hampshire (2)Special schools in Hampshire (1)
5
0 primary · 0 secondary
1,136
67% capacity used
0
0 outstanding · 0 good
1,692
556 spare places
Ofsted Ratings
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Area Performance (2026)
Attainment 8
40.8
GCSE Eng+Maths
46.5%
Questions parents ask about schools in Hampshire
How many schools are there in Hampshire?
Hampshire has 5 open schools: 4 independent and 1 special.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Which schools in Hampshire are rated Outstanding?
1 school in Hampshire was rated Outstanding at its most recent graded Ofsted inspection: New Forest School. Counting Good as well, 100% of the 1 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.
Source: Ofsted
Do schools in Hampshire have catchment areas?
Most state schools in Hampshire have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, the council allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.
How do I apply for a school place in Hampshire?
Apply to your council - Hampshire or Southampton, depending on your address - through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.