The Vyne Community School

The Vyne Community School is a smaller-than-average secondary school that is highly inclusive and provides strong pastoral care. Around a third of pupils are disadvantaged and a well-above-average proportion have EHC plans, including a specially resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs. Leaders have made recent improvements to teaching and the curriculum, and pupils are typically happy, safe and well supported, with most attending regularly and behaving well. However, national examination outcomes remain inconsistent across subjects and pupil groups, meaning some pupils are not as well prepared for their next steps as they should be.

Strengths

• Strong inclusive ethos with effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils
• Well-considered personal development and pastoral care that helps pupils feel safe and valued
• Positive pupil behaviour and respectful relationships, with bullying managed effectively
• Accurate identification of barriers to learning and timely, well-matched support
• Recent curriculum improvements are leading to more consistent teaching and better pupil engagement
• Effective use of pupil premium funding to improve attendance, behaviour and aspirations
• Leaders are considerate of staff wellbeing and provide strong professional development

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils, do not achieve consistently well in national examinations
• Knowledge gaps are not closing quickly enough, and pupils' work quality and depth of understanding vary
• Governors are not sufficiently knowledgeable about some statutory duties, including safeguarding and the Prevent duty
• Safeguarding records are sometimes not coherent enough to identify patterns of risk
• Curriculum improvements are recent and not yet having the intended impact on outcomes
• Some pupils are frequently late to lessons and do not engage purposefully in learning
• Teachers do not always explore pupils' knowledge deeply enough or help them address errors in written work

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Vyne Community School attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.6% of pupils at The Vyne Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Vyne Community School had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.1% of pupils at The Vyne Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Vyne Community School received £9,022 and spent £9,010 for each of its 740 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,562,000 (£2,111 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Vyne Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Vyne Community School is Needs attention, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was The Vyne Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Vyne Community School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does The Vyne Community School have?

The Vyne Community School has 740 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Vyne Community School cover?

The Vyne Community School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are The Vyne Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.1, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Vyne Community School?

The Vyne Community School is at Vyne Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 5PB.