The Ferns Primary Academy
Field Road, Farnborough, GU14 9FX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE KITE ACADEMY TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Edward Gittins
- Sponsor
- The Kite Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- URN
- 147128
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0127631554
About this school
The Ferns Primary Academy is a primary academy in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 87 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 23 | 13 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 31% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 46% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 26% | 54% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 35% | 31% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 94.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -8.50 | - | - |
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 The Ferns Primary 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 | 9% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 113 |
| 2023/24 | 97 |
| 2024/25 | 85 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Ferns Primary Academy compares
The Ferns Primary Academy ranked 233rd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 7.7% | 40% | 87 | — |
| Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School | — | 7.7% | 26.7% | 205 | 0.3 miles |
| Grange Community Junior School | 72% | 4.1% | 32.8% | 238 | 0.5 miles |
| Hawley Primary School | 59% | 4.3% | 10.8% | 310 | 0.8 miles |
| Cherrywood Community Primary School | 44% | 7% | 39.8% | 186 | 0.9 miles |
| Manor Junior School | 52% | 5.7% | 37.6% | 286 | 0.9 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)
- 40%
- English as an additional language
- 23.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.68%
- Persistent absence
- 15.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School0.3 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Grange Community Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Hawley Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Camberley
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Cherrywood Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Farnborough
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Manor Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Farnborough
Other schools in Farnborough
The Ferns Primary Academy ranks 7th 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 year groups does The Ferns Primary Academy teach?
- The Ferns Primary Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the acting headteacher of The Ferns Primary Academy?
- The acting headteacher of The Ferns Primary Academy is Mr Edward Gittins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Ferns Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Ferns Primary 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 big is The Ferns Primary Academy?
- The Ferns Primary Academy has 87 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Ferns Primary Academy full?
- The Ferns Primary Academy has capacity for 210 pupils and 87 on roll (41%), so it has space against 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 Ferns Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. The Ferns Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does The Ferns Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Ferns Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Ferns Primary Academy?
- The Ferns Primary Academy is part of THE KITE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Ferns Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 9% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Ferns Primary Academy rank locally?
- The Ferns Primary Academy ranked 233rd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Ferns Primary Academy's absence rate?
- The Ferns Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Ferns Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Ferns Primary 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 10 July 2026.