Bohunt Farnborough
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F29
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Farnborough, GU14 9BY
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Cove School
St John's Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9RN
Local ranking56th of 69 secondary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1010
- Boys
- 487 (48%)
- Girls
- 520 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (96% full)
- SEND
- 30.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.3%
- EAL
- 20.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 27.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,378/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 64.4%
- Asian Other: 9.3%
- White Other: 6.4%
- Black African: 4.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Other: 1.9%
64.4%
White British
9.3%
Asian Other
6.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St John's Road
Farnborough, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 116446
- UKPRN
- 10015332
- Establishment No.
- 4203
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