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The Ferns Primary Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 87Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 147128URN

Field Road, Farnborough, GU14 9FX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.9 below Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

21 applications for 18 places · 285th of 287 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
55%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 1 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.2applications per place, Reception
0.9 below Hampshire median (2.0) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

21 applications · 18 places offered · 12 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.0; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 1 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Hampshire median

Dashed bars: as Fernhill Primary School (URN 116240), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 202618211.2120.67
Sep 202512161.380.67
Sep 202411111.060.55
Sep 202316191.280.50
Sep 202214221.6120.86
Sep 202112252.1100.83
Sep 202013191.5120.92
Sep 2019 *15271.8100.67
Sep 2018 *10202.0101.00
Sep 2017 *10212.1101.00
Sep 2016 *30491.6301.00
Sep 2015 *23421.8150.65
Sep 2014 *23371.6220.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 55% · Writing 64% · Maths 82% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%223rd of 300 in Hampshire
Reading
Expected standard55%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard64%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard82%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2555%0%100103
2023/2431%0%9999
2022/239%0%9894

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary 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
Primary
URN · DfE number
147128 · 850/2735
Trust
The Kite Academy Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 87 on roll
Free school meals
35.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2019
Replaced
Fernhill Primary School (URN 116240)
Address
Field Road, Farnborough, GU14 9FX
Local authority
Hampshire · Rushmoor

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources