The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
Western Way, Basingstoke, RG22 6HA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Jane Halsey
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- South Farnham Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 837
- URN
- 150839
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256322691
About this school
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is a secondary academy in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 837 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Aldworth School (URN 116427).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 159 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 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.
How The Blue Coat School Basingstoke compares
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke ranked 64th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% 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 | 33.1 | 13% | 34.3% | 837 | — |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School | 59.3 | 4.7% | 10.3% | 894 | 0.4 miles |
| Brighton Hill Community School | 44.5 | 7.3% | 17.9% | 1,284 | 0.5 miles |
| Cranbourne | 42.7 | 9.5% | 28.3% | 1,088 | 0.7 miles |
| The Costello School | 47.3 | 8.8% | 16.6% | 1,160 | 1.7 miles |
| The Vyne Community School | 43 | 8.8% | 32.8% | 740 | 1.8 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)
- 34.26%
- English as an additional language
- 15.6%
- Overall absence
- 13.01%
- Persistent absence
- 36.55%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School0.4 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Brighton Hill Community School0.5 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
Cranbourne0.7 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Costello School1.7 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
-
The Vyne Community School1.8 miles
Secondary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke ranks 7th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Basingstoke.
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School Secondary
- Brighton Hill Community School Secondary
- Cranbourne Secondary
- Everest Community Academy 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 year groups does The Blue Coat School Basingstoke teach?
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
- The headteacher of The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is Miss Jane Halsey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Blue Coat School Basingstoke last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Blue Coat School Basingstoke, 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 Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke has 837 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Blue Coat School Basingstoke full?
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 837 on roll (84%), 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 Blue Coat School Basingstoke a faith school?
- No. The Blue Coat School Basingstoke has no designated religious character.
- Is The Blue Coat School Basingstoke a selective school?
- No. The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is part of SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does The Blue Coat School Basingstoke rank locally?
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke ranked 64th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% 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 The Blue Coat School Basingstoke's absence rate?
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke's overall absence rate is 13% in the latest published census.
- What are The Blue Coat School Basingstoke's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Blue Coat School Basingstoke'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.