Tower Hill Primary School
Fowler Road, Farnborough, GU14 0BW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Laura Ovenden
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 116142
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252541786
About this school
Tower Hill Primary School is a community primary school in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 418 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Tower Hill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 64% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 75% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 80% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 78% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tower Hill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 416 |
| 2023/24 | 421 |
| 2024/25 | 418 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tower Hill Primary School compares
Tower Hill Primary School ranked 55th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 5.1% | 24.2% | 418 | — |
| Southwood Infant School | — | 3.8% | 5.3% | 119 | 0.7 miles |
| Cove Junior School | 54% | 4.4% | 20.1% | 284 | 0.8 miles |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 4.1% | 20% | 205 | 0.9 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School | 58% | 4.7% | 18.7% | 220 | 1.0 miles |
| Cove Infant School | — | 5.4% | 16.7% | 172 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.16%
- English as an additional language
- 27.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.09%
- Persistent absence
- 12.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southwood Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Cove Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Cove Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Farnborough
Other schools in Farnborough
Tower Hill Primary School ranks 1st of the 11 ranked primary schools in Farnborough.
- Cherrywood Community Primary School Primary
- Cove Infant School Primary
- Cove Junior School Primary
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School Primary
- Grange Community Junior School Primary
- Guillemont Junior School Primary
- Manor Infant School Primary
- Manor Junior School Primary
- North Farnborough Infant School Primary
- Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Pinewood Infant School Primary
- South Farnborough Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Tower Hill Primary School teach?
- Tower Hill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Tower Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Tower Hill Primary School is Miss Laura Ovenden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Tower Hill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tower Hill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Tower Hill Primary School?
- Tower Hill Primary School has 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Tower Hill Primary School full?
- Tower Hill Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 418 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Tower Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Tower Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Tower Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Tower Hill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Tower Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tower Hill Primary School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Tower Hill Primary School ranked 55th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tower Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Tower Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tower Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tower Hill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.