Samuel Cody School
Ballantyne Road, Farnborough, GU14 8SN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Rebekah Brumby
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 340
- Pupils on roll
- 352
- URN
- 116640
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252514194
About this school
Samuel Cody School is a community special school in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 352 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Samuel Cody School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 18% | 25% | 10% |
| Expected standard in maths | 6% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 12% | 0% | 5% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 108.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 92.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -12.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -15.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -15.70 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 27 | 26 | 34 |
| Attainment 8 score | 13.1 | 10.7 | 6.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.10 -1.66 to -0.53 | -0.98 -1.60 to -0.36 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 7% | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Samuel Cody 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 | 0% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.1 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 10.7 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 6.6 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 268 |
| 2023/24 | 287 |
| 2024/25 | 336 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 June 2026
- 24 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.07%
- English as an additional language
- 11%
- Overall absence
- 15.09%
- Persistent absence
- 39.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Farnborough Hill0.7 miles
Independent schools · Farnborough
-
Henry Tyndale School0.9 miles
Special schools · Farnborough
-
Hawley Woods School1.1 miles
Special schools · Camberley
-
Salesian College1.9 miles
Independent schools · Farnborough
-
Lyndhurst School2.1 miles
Independent schools · Camberley
Other schools in Farnborough
- Henry Tyndale School Special schools
- Napier School Special schools
- 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
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Co Headteacher Mrs Sharon Chinnappa Ms Rebekah Brumby (until September 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Co Headteacher Mrs Sharon Chinnappa Ms Rebekah Brumby to Headteacher Rebekah Brumby recorded 11 Sep 2026
Common questions
- What ages does Samuel Cody School teach?
- Samuel Cody School teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Samuel Cody School?
- The headteacher of Samuel Cody School is Headteacher Rebekah Brumby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Samuel Cody School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Samuel Cody 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 Samuel Cody School?
- Samuel Cody School has 352 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Samuel Cody School full?
- Samuel Cody School has capacity for 340 pupils and 352 on roll (104%), 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 Samuel Cody School a faith school?
- No. Samuel Cody School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Samuel Cody School have?
- The schools register lists Samuel Cody School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Samuel Cody School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 5% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Samuel Cody School's absence rate?
- Samuel Cody School's overall absence rate is 15.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Samuel Cody School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Samuel Cody 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 11 September 2026.