Fernhill School is a secondary school located in Farnborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 19/09/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Neville Duke Road, Farnborough, GU14 9BY
Website: http://www.fernhill.hants.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01276702540
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hampshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Kingswood
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 116447

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 19/09/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 945
Number of Pupils: 622
Number of Boys: 320
Number of Girls: 302

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.47 Confidence interval -0.72 to -0.22
Of the 106 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 102 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:88%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:26%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.39
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4The Ferns Primary Academy
Field Road, GU14 9FX 		0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School
Moor Road, GU14 8HW 		547 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Grange Community Junior School
Wren Way, Prospect Estate GU14 8TA 		822 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Hawley Primary School
Hawley Road, Blackwater GU17 9BH 		1,364 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Cherrywood Community Primary School
Mayfield Road, GU14 8LH 		1,499 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Fernhill School
Neville Duke Road, GU14 9BY 		0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Kings International College
Watchetts Drive, GU15 2PQ 		1,734 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Cove School
St John's Road, Cove GU14 9RN 		2,015 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedThe Sixth Form College Farnborough
Prospect Avenue, GU14 8JX 		1,639 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedHurst Lodge School
Fernhill Road, Blackwater GU17 9HU 		881 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Samuel Cody School
Ballantyne Road, GU14 8SN 		1,404 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedFarnborough Hill
Farnborough Road, GU14 8AT 		2,297 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
4out of 4Henry Tyndale School
Ship Lane, GU14 8BX 		2,494 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedLyndhurst School
36 The Avenue, Camberley GU15 3NE 		2,542 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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