The Wavell 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/10/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Lynchford Road, Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Website: http://www.wavellschool.org.uk/
Telephone: 01252341256
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hampshire
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Amanda Rowley
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 116448

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/10/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1016
Number of Pupils: 1012
Number of Boys: 523
Number of Girls: 489

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.39 Confidence interval -0.58 to -0.2
Of the 187 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 175 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:68%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.5
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Marlborough Infant School
Redvers Buller Road, GU11 2HR
631 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4St Mark's Church of England Aided Primary School
Queen's Road, GU14 6DU
857 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4South Farnborough Infant School
Queen's Road, GU14 6JU
1,178 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedThe Cambridge Primary School
The Cambridge Primary School, Queens Avenue GU11 4AA
1,682 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
4out of 4South Farnborough Junior School
Cunnington Road, GU14 6PL
1,753 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedFarnborough College of Technology
Boundary Road, GU14 6SB
1,657 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Alderwood School
Belle Vue Road, GU12 4RZ
3,011 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedSalesian College
119 Reading Road, GU14 6PA
1,298 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.