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Weston Secondary School: data, trends and context

Weston Secondary School is a secondary school in Southampton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
147676
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Southampton
Region
South East
Trust
HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
SO19 9QP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
653
FSM eligible
61.6%
EAL / First language other than English
39.8%
SEND (total)
21.1%
SEN Support
16.7%
EHCP
4.4%
White British
49.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
87.9%
Overall absence
12.1%
Persistent absence
33.2%
Severe absence
6.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SouthamptonLocal authority89.4%10.6%4.9%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
88.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
21.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.14%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
31.1
English & maths grade 5+
24.1%
English & maths grade 4+
36.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Weston Secondary School against 25 similar schools

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Weston Secondary School is a secondary school in Southampton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.