Fernhill School
Neville Duke Road, Farnborough, GU14 9BY
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Bohunt Farnborough. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Co-Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Palmer
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 945
- Pupils on roll
- 647
- URN
- 116447
- Local authority
- Hampshire
About this school
Fernhill School was a community secondary school in Farnborough. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 647 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Fernhill School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 126 | 105 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.7 | 36.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.12 -1.37 to -0.87 | -0.68 -0.96 to -0.41 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 27.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 53.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 43.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Trends over time
How Fernhill 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 | 35.7 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.8 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Fernhill School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 12.6% | 36% | 647 | — |
| Bohunt Farnborough | 38.7 | 12.5% | 35% | 599 | 0.1 miles |
| Kings International College | — | — | — | 802 | 1.0 miles |
| Cove School | 42.7 | 8.8% | 28.3% | 1,007 | 1.1 miles |
| Tomlinscote School | 53.4 | 6.8% | 7.6% | 1,495 | 2.0 miles |
| Frogmore Community College | — | 8.9% | 20.7% | 630 | 2.2 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36%
- English as an additional language
- 13.3%
- Overall absence
- 12.6%
- Persistent absence
- 35.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bohunt Farnborough0.1 miles
Secondary · Farnborough
-
Kings International College1.0 miles
Secondary · Camberley
-
Cove School1.1 miles
Secondary · Farnborough
-
Tomlinscote School2.0 miles
Secondary · Camberley
-
Frogmore Community College2.2 miles
Secondary · Yateley
Other schools in Farnborough
- Bohunt Farnborough Secondary
- Cove School Secondary
- The Wavell School Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Fernhill School teach?
- Fernhill School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Farnborough.
- Has Fernhill School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Fernhill School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Fernhill School?
- Fernhill School had 647 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Fernhill School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.7 in 2022/23 and 36.8 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Fernhill School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fernhill 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 31 December 2023.