Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry272 applications · 179 places offered · 142 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; Hampshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.9
- This school
- Hampshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 179 | 272 | 1.5 | 142 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 203 | 330 | 1.6 | 204 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 198 | 348 | 1.8 | 207 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 316 | 1.5 | 178 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 281 | 1.4 | 172 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 169 | 244 | 1.4 | 132 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 143 | 205 | 1.4 | 104 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 269 | 1.3 | 160 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 | 204 | 292 | 1.4 | 171 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 | 204 | 274 | 1.3 | 168 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 | 208 | 319 | 1.5 | 194 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 207 | 302 | 1.5 | 180 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 | 208 | 352 | 1.7 | 191 | 0.92 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 181 | 39.6 | 32% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 186 | 42.7 | 36% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 193 | 40.4 | 34% | 54% | −0.74 |
| 2022/23 | 198 | 41.4 | 35% | 57% | −0.61 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cove SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · HampshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20221.6applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · SurreyGood20223.5applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Hampshire20262.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · HampshireRemains Good20222.1applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · SurreyOutstanding20232.6applications per place 54.9Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Hampshire20262.5applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Bracknell ForestStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · HampshireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 116446 · 850/4203
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,007 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- St John's Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9RN
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources