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The Wavell School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,042Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 116448URN

Lynchford Road, The Wavell School, Farnborough, GU14 6BH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
0.7 above Hampshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire

525 applications for 204 places · 8th of 68 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.7of 90
33rd of 69 in Hampshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 19 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 10 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.6applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Hampshire median (1.9) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

525 applications · 204 places offered · 242 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Hampshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.5; Hampshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.4; Hampshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.2; Hampshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.3; Hampshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.3; Hampshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.4; Hampshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.2; Hampshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.4; Hampshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262045252.62421.19
Sep 20251954622.42281.17
Sep 20242045152.52491.22
Sep 20231954622.42271.16
Sep 20221994132.11970.99
Sep 20211994422.22381.20
Sep 20201954612.42581.32
Sep 20192004492.32371.19
Sep 20182004622.32601.30
Sep 20171944682.42421.25
Sep 20162134512.12431.14
Sep 20151984382.22221.12
Sep 20141874542.42081.11

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

204 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.733rd of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%40th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20445.740%65%–
2024/2520344.035%66%–
2023/2420349.246%70%+0.20
2022/2319752.055%75%+0.09

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

  • 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
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
116448 · 850/4206
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,056 pupils · 1,042 on roll
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Lynchford Road, The Wavell School, Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Local authority
Hampshire · Rushmoor

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources