Harrow Way Community SchoolThe Wellington Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Harrow Way Community School and The Wellington Academy are secondary schools.

  • Harrow Way Community School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Wellington Academy scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Harrow Way Community School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Harrow Way Community School was judged Good and The Wellington Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 44.4 for Harrow Way Community School and 42.1 for The Wellington Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Harrow Way Community School (48.2 in 2021-22, 44.4 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at The Wellington Academy (40.9 in 2021-22, 42.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Harrow Way Community School versus The Wellington Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AndoverHarrow Way Community SchoolLudgershallThe Wellington AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureD53/100
Local ranking31st of 69 in Hampshire 19th of 27 in Wiltshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll998 1,155
Capacity900 1,300
LocationAndover, SP10 3RH Ludgershall, SP11 9RR
GCSE results
Attainment 844.4 Stronger figure42.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths36.9% Stronger figure33.5% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths59.9% Stronger figure57.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc34.2% Stronger figure12.4% 40.5%
EBacc average point score3.77 Stronger figure3.53 4.09
Cohort187 185
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported24
A-level average pointsNot reported25.3 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedC-
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported27.2 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported0.0% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census998 1,155
Free school meals (ever 6)27.1% 22.1%
English as an additional language10.0% 10.8%
SEN support12.7% 14.3%
SEN with an EHC plan5.1% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence7.8% Stronger figure8.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence21.2% Stronger figure23.3% 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

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Harrow Way Community School

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