Bohunt Farnborough
Neville Duke Road, Farnborough, GU14 9BY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Daryl Bond
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bohunt Education Trust
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 945
- Pupils on roll
- 599
- URN
- 149712
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Telephone
- 01276702540
About this school
Bohunt Farnborough is a secondary academy in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 599 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Fernhill School (URN 116447).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 128 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 32% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 |
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 Bohunt Farnborough has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 637 |
| 2024/25 | 629 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bohunt Farnborough compares
Bohunt Farnborough ranked 51st of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.7 | 12.5% | 35% | 599 | — |
| Kings International College | — | — | — | 802 | 0.9 miles |
| Cove School | 42.7 | 8.8% | 28.3% | 1,007 | 1.2 miles |
| Tomlinscote School | 53.4 | 6.8% | 7.6% | 1,495 | 1.9 miles |
| Frogmore Community College | — | 8.9% | 20.7% | 630 | 2.2 miles |
| Sandhurst School | 46.1 | 8.4% | 15% | 992 | 2.5 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)
- 34.98%
- English as an additional language
- 22.1%
- Overall absence
- 12.52%
- Persistent absence
- 35.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kings International College0.9 miles
Secondary · Camberley
-
Cove School1.2 miles
Secondary · Farnborough
-
Tomlinscote School1.9 miles
Secondary · Camberley
-
Frogmore Community College2.2 miles
Secondary · Yateley
-
Sandhurst School2.5 miles
Secondary · Sandhurst
Other schools in Farnborough
- Cove School Secondary
- The Wavell School Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Bohunt Farnborough teach?
- Bohunt Farnborough teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Bohunt Farnborough?
- The headteacher of Bohunt Farnborough is Mr Daryl Bond, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bohunt Farnborough last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bohunt Farnborough, 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 Bohunt Farnborough?
- Bohunt Farnborough has 599 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bohunt Farnborough full?
- Bohunt Farnborough has capacity for 945 pupils and 599 on roll (63%), 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 Bohunt Farnborough a faith school?
- No. Bohunt Farnborough has no designated religious character.
- Is Bohunt Farnborough a selective school?
- No. Bohunt Farnborough is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bohunt Farnborough?
- Bohunt Farnborough is part of BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Bohunt Farnborough rank locally?
- Bohunt Farnborough ranked 51st of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bohunt Farnborough's absence rate?
- Bohunt Farnborough's overall absence rate is 12.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bohunt Farnborough's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bohunt Farnborough'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 3 July 2026.