The Mark Way School
Batchelors Barn Road, Andover, SP10 1HR
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Lester Culley
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 112
- Pupils on roll
- 118
- URN
- 116641
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01264351835
About this school
The Mark Way School is a community special school in Andover. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 118 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 19 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | 12.6 | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.40 -1.33 to +0.52 | -0.94 -1.64 to -0.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 5.3% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 5.3% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
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 The Mark Way 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 | 12.6 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 9.1 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 8.1 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 93 |
| 2023/24 | 107 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report12 March 2025
- 25 February 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.63%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.46%
- Persistent absence
- 17.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Norman Gate School0.1 miles
Special schools · Andover
-
Wolverdene Special School0.5 miles
Special schools · Andover
-
Icknield School0.6 miles
Special schools · Andover
-
Smannell Field School0.9 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Andover
-
Rookwood School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Andover
Other schools in Andover
- Grateley House School Special schools
- Icknield School Special schools
- Lyttelton House School Special schools
- Norman Gate School Special schools
- Smannell Field School Local authority maintained schools
- Wolverdene Special School Special schools
- Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary School Primary
- Amport Church of England Primary School Primary
- Andover Church of England Primary School Primary
- Anton Infant School Primary
- Anton Junior School Primary
- Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Mark Way School teach?
- The Mark Way School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Andover.
- Who is the headteacher of The Mark Way School?
- The headteacher of The Mark Way School is Mr Lester Culley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Mark Way School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Mark Way 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 big is The Mark Way School?
- The Mark Way School has 118 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Mark Way School full?
- The Mark Way School has capacity for 112 pupils and 118 on roll (105%), 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 The Mark Way School a faith school?
- No. The Mark Way School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does The Mark Way School have?
- The schools register lists The Mark Way School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Mark Way School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 12.6 in 2022/23 and 8.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Mark Way School's absence rate?
- The Mark Way School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Mark Way School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Mark Way 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.