Cranbourne
Wessex Close, Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
1,088 pupils · 121% of 900 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 27.4%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 6 January 2026, published 15 May 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 41.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 59% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 19.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.06 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 224 | 237 | 562 | 224 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 241 | 165 | 417 | 206 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 252 | 201 | 488 | 252 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 251 | 143 | 390 | 189 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 174 | 112 | 267 | 143 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 156 | 82 | 197 | 95 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 133 | 72 | 159 | 85 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 66 | 156 | 72 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke 1.1 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Brighton Hill Community School 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Costello School 1.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- The Vyne Community School 2.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Everest Community Academy 3.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.