The Costello School
Crossborough Hill, London Road, Basingstoke, RG21 4AL
Local ranking30th of 78 secondary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1120
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 80.8%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5
- Cohort Size
- 250
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1222
- Boys
- 628 (51%)
- Girls
- 594 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1120 (109% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.6%
- EAL
- 14.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,719/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 61.4%
- White Other: 9.3%
- Other: 9.3%
- Asian Other: 3.1%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Black Caribbean: 2.6%
61.4%
White British
9.3%
White Other
9.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138287
- UKPRN
- 10037589
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST