Cove School is a secondary school located in Farnborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 27/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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St John's Road, Farnborough

School Information

Address: St John's Road, Farnborough, GU14 9RN
Website: http://www.cove.hants.sch.uk
Telephone: 01252542397
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hampshire
Headteacher / Principal: Andrew King
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 116446

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1001
Number of Pupils: 892
Number of Boys: 440
Number of Girls: 452

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -0.79 to -0.42
Of the 189 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 180 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:33%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.53
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cove Infant School
92 Fernhill Road , Cove GU14 9DP 		4out of 4 186 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Cove Junior School
Fernhill Road , Cove GU14 9SA 		3out of 4 207 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Manor Junior School
Fernhill Road , Cove GU14 9DX 		3out of 4 526 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Manor Infant School
Fernhill Road , Cove GU14 9DX 		4out of 4 526 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School
Cherry Tree Close , GU14 9TT 		4out of 4 837 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cove School
St John's Road , Cove GU14 9RN 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Fernhill School
Neville Duke Road , GU14 9BY 		2out of 4 2,015 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Sixth Form College Farnborough
Prospect Avenue , GU14 8JX 		- not rated 1,912 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School
Farnborough College of Technology
Boundary Road , GU14 6SB 		- not rated 2,824 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Samuel Cody School
Ballantyne Road , GU14 8SN 		3out of 4 1,170 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Hurst Lodge School
Fernhill Road , Blackwater GU17 9HU 		- not rated 2,140 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Farnborough Hill
Farnborough Road , GU14 8AT 		- not rated 2,231 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Henry Tyndale School
Ship Lane , GU14 8BX 		4out of 4 2,722 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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