Henry Tyndale School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Farnborough, GU14 8BX
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Samuel Cody School
Ballantyne Road, Farnborough, GU14 8SN
Ofsted: Expected
Independent
Phase
340
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 7.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 4.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 47
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 336
- Boys
- 263 (75%)
- Girls
- 89 (25%)
- Capacity
- 340 (104% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.1%
- EAL
- 11.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £24,815/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
- 15.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 76.9%
- Asian Other: 8.7%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
76.9%
White British
8.7%
Asian Other
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ballantyne Road
Farnborough, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 116640
- UKPRN
- 10016172
- Establishment No.
- 7073
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