The Key Education Centre

Pupil referral unit · Secondary, ages 11 to 16 · Mixed

Tukes Avenue, Gosport, PO13 0SG

023 9252 8653 · School website · Map and directions

OfstedGoodInspected 9 July 2024
Pupils39 Pupil numbers in January of each year: 32 in 2019, 41 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 24 in 2023, 58 in 2024, 47 in 2025, 39 in 2026. Across England, secondary state school pupil numbers were up 10% from 2019 to 2025.
Free school meals41%of pupils eligible now

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted rated this school Good at the inspection that started on 9 July 2024.

This inspection used Ofsted's older format with four grades: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. Newer inspections use report cards. What changed.

AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
SafeguardingEffective

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Results

No test or exam results have been published for this school yet.

Admissions

Apply through the council where you live, even if the school is in a different council area. This school is in Hampshire. The national closing date for secondary applications is 31 October, and offers are sent on 1 March.

Admissions dates and schools in Hampshire

Pupils, staff and SEND

PupilsThis schoolHampshireEngland
Eligible for free school meals in the last 6 years 66.0% 21.6%* 28.9%
With an education, health and care plan 10.6% 4.4%* 3.1%
Receiving special educational needs support 89.4% 13.8%* 13.4%
English as an additional language 0.0% 8.5%* 19.2%
Pupils per teacher 3.7 16.4 16.7
Pupils per adult (teachers and support staff) 2.3 11.3 11.8
Teachers who left during the year 8.8% 13.2%* 14.2%*

Comparisons are with secondary schools. Scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) figures. For absence and suspensions lower is better, so their scales run green to red; blue scales describe the school's pupils and staff and aren't good or bad. * Calculated by SchoolScores from the council's or England's schools, weighted by pupils (or teachers, for turnover); other figures are published by DfE. Sources: DfE school census 2024/25; DfE school workforce census 2025/26; DfE teacher turnover 2024/25.

Nearby secondary schools

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The Key Education Centre was rated Good by Ofsted at its inspection in 9 July 2024.

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Page updated 26 September 2026.