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Fareham Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 888Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 140069URN

St Anne's Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.4 above Hampshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire

390 applications for 167 places · 15th of 68 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.2of 90
56th of 69 in Hampshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 24 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 21 October 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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Hampshire median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

390 applications · 167 places offered · 168 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Hampshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.9; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261673902.31681.01
Sep 20251743572.11781.02
Sep 20241703572.11420.84
Sep 20231763291.91550.88
Sep 20221722771.61550.90
Sep 20211743111.81630.94
Sep 20201643021.81510.92
Sep 20191713271.91771.04
Sep 20181472731.91390.95
Sep 20171552541.61520.98
Sep 20161442371.71300.90
Sep 2015982052.1880.90
Sep 20141132181.91070.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

174 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.256th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%64th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17439.225%47%–
2024/2518038.531%47%–
2023/2417540.533%53%−0.40
2022/2314644.238%58%−0.36

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
140069 · 850/4308
Trust
Fareham Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 888 on roll
Free school meals
29.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
The Neville Lovett Community School and Continuing Education Centre (URN 116467)
Address
St Anne's Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ
Local authority
Hampshire · Fareham

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