Robert May's School

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Robert May's School sits within Hampshire local authority, a secondary school for 11-16 year olds in the Hart borough. Among the 80 same-type schools across the county, it ranks 27th by Progress 8 score, placing it in the top third of Hampshire secondaries. Within Hart itself, it comes fourth out of five schools, though the local landscape includes strong performers such as Sparsholt College Hampshire, Lift Winton, and Thornden School, all of which post higher ranking scores. The school is a mixed, non-religious state school with no sixth form, and headteacher Rea Mitchell leads a roll of 1,319 pupils, just shy of its 1,350 capacity. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2022, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held since its last graded inspection in 2012 when it was judged Good overall with Good leadership and management. That represents a shift from its previous Outstanding rating in 2009.

Academically, Robert May's delivers broadly average outcomes. Its Progress 8 score of -0.06 falls within the 'Average' banding, meaning pupils achieve roughly what would be expected given their starting points. This is slightly above the Hampshire local authority average of -0.17, so the school is performing a touch better than many of its county peers. Attainment 8 sits at 49.1, and 72.4% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, with 52.6% reaching grade 5 or above. The EBacc entry rate is 37.7%, and 28% of pupils achieved the EBacc at grade 4 or above, dropping to 20.9% at grade 5 or above. The EBacc average point score is 4.4. Breaking down Progress 8 by subject, English comes in at -0.2, maths at -0.03, and the EBacc subjects at 0.06, while open subjects are -0.12. The school's national ranking by Progress 8 is 1,666th out of 3,141 schools, placing it just above the median.

The school is clearly popular with local families. For 2025/26 admissions, it received 523 applications for 292 places, with 295 first-preference applications and 274 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.79. Facilities are solid: a dining hall, ICT suite, music rooms, science labs, sports hall, gymnasium, theatre, and playing fields. Sports on offer include rugby, hockey, football, netball, basketball, rowing, cross country, and martial arts, and there are clubs such as Eco Club, Young Enterprise, DofE, Chess, and Science Club. SEND provision is comprehensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and a resourced provision. This is a school that suits families looking for a large, oversubscribed secondary with average academic outcomes, strong SEND support, and a wide range of extracurricular activities, all within a commutable Hampshire town.

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