Chiltern Way Academy Austen
Shakespeare Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9BP
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CHILTERN WAY ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Jason Minton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 128
- Pupils on roll
- 128
- URN
- 148343
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256236640
About this school
Chiltern Way Academy Austen is a special academy in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 128 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. 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 11% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 10% | 22% | 29% |
| Expected standard in maths | 10% | 22% | 29% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 10% | 33% | 29% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 98.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 92.0 | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | - | - | - |
| Writing progress | -9.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -14.90 | - | - |
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 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | 10.8 | 12.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.91 -3.61 to -2.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 12.5% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 25% | 7.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.6 |
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 Chiltern Way Academy Austen 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 | 10% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 10.8 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 12.6 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 26.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 26.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 19.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 136 |
| 2024/25 | 131 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.77%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 19.77%
- Persistent absence
- 43.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dove House Academy0.6 miles
Academies · Basingstoke
-
Maple Ridge School0.7 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Chiltern Way Academy Futures1.7 miles
Academies · Basingstoke
-
Limington House School2.2 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Saxon Wood School2.2 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke Academies
- Chiltern Way Academy Futures Academies
- Dove House Academy Academies
- Limington House School Special schools
- Maple Ridge School Special schools
- Saxon Wood School Special schools
- 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 year groups does Chiltern Way Academy Austen teach?
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Chiltern Way Academy Austen?
- The headteacher of Chiltern Way Academy Austen is Mr Jason Minton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chiltern Way Academy Austen last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chiltern Way Academy Austen, 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 Chiltern Way Academy Austen?
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen has 128 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Chiltern Way Academy Austen full?
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen has capacity for 128 pupils and 128 on roll (100%), 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 Chiltern Way Academy Austen a faith school?
- No. Chiltern Way Academy Austen has no designated religious character.
- Is Chiltern Way Academy Austen a selective school?
- No. Chiltern Way Academy Austen is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Chiltern Way Academy Austen?
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen is part of CHILTERN WAY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Chiltern Way Academy Austen's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 10% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Chiltern Way Academy Austen's absence rate?
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen's overall absence rate is 19.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chiltern Way Academy Austen's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chiltern Way Academy Austen'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.