Everest Community Academy
Oxford Way, Basingstoke, RG24 9UP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Reid
- Sponsor
- Bourne Education Trust
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 740
- URN
- 145125
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256961330
About this school
Everest Community Academy is a secondary academy in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 740 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Everest Community Academy, 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 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 103 | 114 | 133 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.1 | 34.3 | 34.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.64 -0.93 to -0.36 | -1.12 -1.38 to -0.86 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 21.9% | 22.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 42.1% | 42.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 43% | 14.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
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 Everest Community Academy 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 | 37.1 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.3 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.2 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 655 |
| 2023/24 | 691 |
| 2024/25 | 733 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Everest Community Academy compares
Everest Community Academy ranked 62nd of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.2 | 9.7% | 33.8% | 740 | — |
| The Vyne Community School | 43 | 8.8% | 32.8% | 740 | 0.9 miles |
| The Costello School | 47.3 | 8.8% | 16.6% | 1,160 | 1.8 miles |
| Cranbourne | 42.7 | 9.5% | 28.3% | 1,088 | 2.1 miles |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School | 59.3 | 4.7% | 10.3% | 894 | 2.3 miles |
| The Blue Coat School Basingstoke | 33.1 | 13% | 34.3% | 837 | 2.3 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)
- 33.83%
- English as an additional language
- 14.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.74%
- Persistent absence
- 27.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Vyne Community School0.9 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Costello School1.8 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Cranbourne2.1 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School2.3 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke2.3 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
Everest Community Academy ranks 6th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Basingstoke.
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School Secondary
- Brighton Hill Community School Secondary
- Cranbourne Secondary
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke Secondary
- The Costello School Secondary
- The Vyne Community School Secondary
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Everest Community Academy teach?
- Everest Community Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Everest Community Academy?
- The headteacher of Everest Community Academy is Mrs Alison Reid, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Everest Community Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Everest Community Academy, 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 Everest Community Academy?
- Everest Community Academy has 740 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Everest Community Academy full?
- Everest Community Academy has capacity for 750 pupils and 740 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Everest Community Academy a faith school?
- No. Everest Community Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Everest Community Academy part of an academy trust?
- Everest Community Academy is part of BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Everest Community Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.1 in 2022/23 and 34.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Everest Community Academy compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Everest Community Academy ranked 62nd of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Everest Community Academy's absence rate?
- Everest Community Academy's overall absence rate is 9.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Everest Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Everest Community Academy'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 2 July 2026.