The Hamble School is a
secondary school in
Hamble-le-Rice
Hamble-le-Rice is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. It is best known for being an aircraft training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Ha ...
, offering education to children between 11-16.
Ofsted
The school was inspected by
Ofsted in November 2001, when the quality of teaching received an overall "good" for both Years 7-9 and 10-11.
Since then, a number of renovations have taken place, including increasing the facilities, earning the school its
Sports College
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United Kingdom
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status
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. Recent site improvements include a
Gymnastics
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Complex (opened in 2006) and a dedicated Humanities (
History
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,
Religious Education and
Geography
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) block.
In 2007 the school was inspected by Ofsted again and received another "good" ranking overall. In 2012, the school received a "satisfactory" ranking, generally needing improvement in teaching and behavior.
OFSTED Report 2012 (PDF file)
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Notable alumni
* Danny Ings - footballer, Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club () is an English professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, which competes in the . Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, before which they were based at The Dell. The club play i ...
* Dani King
Danielle 'Dani' Rowe MBE (née King; born 21 November 1990) is a British former road and track cyclist. She retired from cycling in December 2018.
A team pursuit gold medallist from the London Olympics in 2012, Rowe also won three consecutive ...
- cyclist (Women's Team Pursuit World Champion 2011, 2012 and 2013; Women's Team Pursuit Gold Medallist at London 2012
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)
* Lloyd Marande - footballer, Sholing F.C.
* Ciaran McDonnell - rapper, entrepreneur, stud Big M
References
External links
Hamble College website
The school on Ofsted's website
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Secondary schools in Hampshire
Community schools in Hampshire
Sport schools in the United Kingdom
Specialist sports colleges in England