Harrow Way Community SchoolDanebury School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Harrow Way Community School and Danebury School are secondary schools.

  • Harrow Way Community School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Danebury School scores 27 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Harrow Way Community School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Harrow Way Community School was judged the expected standard and Danebury School was judged Inadequate.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.0 for Harrow Way Community School and 36.3 for Danebury School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Harrow Way Community School (48.2 in 2021-22, 46.0 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Harrow Way Community School versus Danebury School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AndoverHarrow Way Community SchoolStockbridgeDanebury SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100Stronger figureF27/100
Local ranking31st of 69 in Hampshire Stronger figure69th of 69 in Hampshire
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedStronger figureOfsted: Inadequate
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll992 357
Capacity900 780
LocationAndover, SP10 3RH Stockbridge, SO20 6HA
GCSE results
Attainment 846.0 Stronger figure36.3 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths44.8% Stronger figure27.6% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths65.2% Stronger figure44.7% 64.8%
Cohort201 76
Pupils
Pupils in the census998 326
Free school meals (ever 6)27.1% 26.4%
English as an additional language10.0% 8.9%
SEN support12.7% 29.1%
SEN with an EHC plan5.1% 6.1%
Attendance
Overall absence7.8% Stronger figure10.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence21.2% Stronger figure34.7% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

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