Toynbee School

What Toynbee School does

Toynbee School is a state-funded, co-educational secondary school located in Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, operating under Hampshire County Council's maintenance and admissions framework. Founded on 2 September 1929 originally as Eastleigh's Senior Boy's School and renamed in 1964 after merging with Chamberlayne Girls School, the school serves pupils aged 11-16 across Years 7-11 with a traditional academic curriculum leading to GCSE qualifications. Since January 2009 it has been led by Headteacher Matthew Longden.

The school's core delivery is a comprehensive secondary education service, supplemented by a purpose-built Vision Impairment Resource Centre established in 1996 — the only facility of its kind in Hampshire's secondary sector — which provides specialist assistive technology, Braille instruction, mobility training, and outreach support across the county. The underlying technology stack is composed entirely of third-party commercial ed-tech platforms: Office 365 for student accounts, Satchel One (Show My Homework) for home learning, Arbor for parent engagement and school management, GCSE Pod for revision, Unifrog for careers guidance, and biometric fingerprint recognition for cashless catering. The school has Ofsted Provider ID 23/116411 and is subject to standard inspection regimes.

The business model is non-commercial: tuition is fully state-funded and free for all pupils, with marginal ancillary revenue from catering (capped at £5.00 daily spend; £3.40 daily Free School Meals allowance), school trips, and a one-time £24 locker rental covering five academic years. Distribution is administered through Hampshire County Council's centralized secondary admissions process, augmented by school-led open evenings, primary feeder outreach, and a structured Year 6 to Year 7 transition programme. Additional services include a Gatsby-Benchmark-aligned careers programme, a multi-partner wellbeing ecosystem (CAMHS, Kooth, Catch22, Grief Encounter, Winston's Wish, Family Counselling Trust), Prevent duty compliance with Hampshire Constabulary, and a Net Zero by 2030 sustainability commitment via the Let's Go Zero campaign.

Name

Toynbee School

Legal name

The Toynbee School

Website

https://www.toynbee.hants.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chandlers Ford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Toynbee School is an 11-16 state-funded co-educational secondary school delivering a traditional academic curriculum leading to GCSE qualifications across Years 7-11. It supplements academic teaching with extensive extra-curricular provision, a House system, pastoral care through Guidance Managers, careers guidance aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks, and a specialised Vision Impairment Resource Centre that is the only purpose-built secondary provision of its kind in Hampshire.

Product overview

Toynbee School is a secondary school offering a comprehensive educational service to students in Years 7-11. The core offering consists of a traditional academic curriculum delivered alongside extensive extra-curricular activities, with particular specialization in supporting students with vision impairment through its dedicated Resource Centre. The school operates a House System and provides additional services including careers guidance, personal development programs, and catering. The Vision Impairment Resource Centre represents a specialized add-on service supporting pupils across Hampshire with Educational Health Care Plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Toynbee School Main Educational Service
• Vision Impairment Resource Centre

Quantifiable outcome

• Pupil Premium students achieve above the National Average

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hampshire County CouncilcoreOthersToynbee School follows Hampshire County Council's admission policy. The local authority handles admissions, publishes school holiday dates, and provides guidance on attendance and absence matters. School is part of the Hampshire educational system.
• Education Business Partnership South (EBP South)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool has a contract with EBP South to support careers education. They provide impartial careers information, advice and guidance to all pupils by the end of Year 11, aligned with Gatsby Benchmarks.
• Let's Go ZerominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerToynbee School is registered with Let's Go Zero and aspires to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2030 as part of their sustainability and climate action plan.
• Hampshire Constabulary Prevent TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to implement the government's Prevent strategy, which aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Includes staff training, pupil education through Drama lessons, and pastoral team briefings.
• CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHampshire CAMHS provides mental health support resources and referrals for pupils. School signposts families to CAMHS web pages, workbooks, videos, podcasts, and recommended apps for young people and families.
• Catch22minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal charity working specifically around drugs and alcohol. Their qualified workers can support pupils in and out of school and offer advice around this subject.
• Family Counselling TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharity set up in 2019 to support families and individuals. Sessions are priced depending on income and provide accessible help confidentially.
• Grief EncounterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational charity that works with pupils who have lost a family member or close friend. Provides bereavement support resources.
• Winston's WishminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildhood bereavement charity providing advice, support and resources for grieving children, young people and families after the death of someone.
• KoothminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFree online counselling service for children. Children can speak to trained counsellors, access articles and discussion boards with other young people (all moderated by professionals), and access advice and worksheets.
• Local CollegescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal sixth form colleges lead assemblies in Year 11 Autumn term. Colleges attend careers fairs to provide information about A-levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships, and taster days. Schools include Barton Peveril, Thornden, and others.
• OfstedcoreOthersRegistered with Ofsted (Provider ID: 23/116411). School is subject to Ofsted inspections and publishes links to Ofsted reports on their website.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Thornden School: State secondary school located in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire — same town as Toynbee, competing head-to-head for the same Year 7 catchment and serving as a natural comparison parent choice.
• The Mountbatten School: State secondary school in Romsey, Hampshire, operating as an 11–16 comprehensive similar in age range and catchment to Toynbee, competing for Hampshire families.
• Wyvern College: State secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, serving a similar 11–16 cohort in the same county as Toynbee and overlapping feeder primary schools.
• Wildern School: State secondary school in Hedge End, Hampshire — comparable 11–16 comprehensive operating under the same Hampshire County Council admissions framework as Toynbee.
• Hounsdown School: State secondary school in Totton, Hampshire, providing a comparable 11–16 comprehensive offer under the same local-authority funding and admissions system as Toynbee.
• Testwood School: Hampshire state secondary school explicitly referenced in Toynbee's history (former head S.D. Bowler moved there in 1955), operating as a comparable 11–16 comprehensive in the same county.
• Priestlands School: State secondary school in Pennington, Hampshire — comparable 11–16 comprehensive operating under the same Hampshire County Council framework and overlapping local competition with Toynbee.
• Barton Peveril Sixth Form College: Local Hampshire sixth form college named in Toynbee's careers partnerships as a destination for Year 11 leavers; comparable state-funded educational provider in the same county serving Hampshire families.
• Queen Alexandra College (QAC): UK specialist further-education college for students with vision impairment and other disabilities — directly comparable to Toynbee's Vision Impairment Resource in terms of specialist VI teaching, assistive technology, and county/region-wide referral model.
• New College Worcester: UK specialist residential school for blind and partially sighted students aged 11–19 — directly comparable to Toynbee's VI Resource Centre in providing purpose-built VI secondary education, Braille instruction, and assistive technology at scale.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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