Applemore College

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Roman Road
Dibden Purlieu
Southampton
Hampshire
SO45 4RQ
Phone 02380848804
Reference Number 116504

General Makeup

Number of pupils 568
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.23%
Girls: 48.77%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 40 39 79
8 61 75 136
9 54 40 94
10 64 54 118
11 72 69 141

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.2%
White, Other 2.8%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
African 0.7%
Unclassified 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-20
Date Description Report
2024-10-01 School inspection School inspection
2022-07-12 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-02-14 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-05-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-05-11 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-10-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-06-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2005-10-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-01-15 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 29.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 41.8% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 98 2
Third Preference 31 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Name Distance
Orchard Infant School
Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 4SB
0.74 miles
Orchard Junior School
Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 4SB
0.74 miles
Wildground Infant School
Crete Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 4JX
1.07 miles
Wildground Junior School
Armitage Avenue, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 4LG
1.11 miles
Hythe Primary School
School Road, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 6BL
1.34 miles
Waterside Primary School
Ashford Crescent, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 6ET
1.51 miles
Marchwood Church of England Infant School
Twiggs Lane, Marchwood, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 4ZE
2.03 miles
Marchwood Junior School
Main Road, Marchwood, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 4ZH
2.27 miles
Manor Church of England Infant School
Teachers Way, Holbury, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 2QG
2.55 miles
St John's Primary and Nursery School
French Street, Old Town, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 2AU
2.77 miles
Cadland Primary School
Whitefield Road, Holbury, Hampshire, SO45 2HW
2.98 miles
Beaulieu Village Primary School
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3.13 miles
Hope Community School Southampton
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3.15 miles
Weston Shore Infant School
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3.31 miles
Woolston Infant School
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3.39 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery
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3.42 miles
Freemantle Church of England Community Academy
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3.5 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Fort Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 2JE
3.56 miles
Springhill Catholic Primary School
Milton Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2HW
3.68 miles
Ludlow Infant Academy
Ludlow Road, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 2EU
3.74 miles
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Oak Lodge School
Roman Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 4RQ
0.07 miles
Noadswood School
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0.56 miles
The New Forest Academy
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2.48 miles
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3.49 miles
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3.6 miles
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Stafford Road, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 5TE
3.78 miles
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Carlton Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2WZ
3.86 miles
New Forest School
Fawley Road, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1FJ
3.96 miles
Hounsdown School
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4.06 miles
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4.2 miles
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4.29 miles
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4.3 miles
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4.31 miles
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4.54 miles
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4.55 miles
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4.56 miles
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4.58 miles
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4.63 miles
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4.72 miles
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