Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke
Pack Lane, Basingstoke, RG22 5TH
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 9 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CHILTERN WAY ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Benjamin Lewis
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 88
- Pupils on roll
- 66
- URN
- 150874
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Telephone
- 01256336601
About this school
Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke is a special academy in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 9 to 16 and has 66 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The Coppice Spring Academy (URN 141187).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 |
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 Basingstoke 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 | 33.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 31.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 72%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 31.32%
- Persistent absence
- 74.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Limington House School0.7 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Inclusion School1.0 miles
Special schools
-
Chiltern Way Academy Futures1.8 miles
Academies · Basingstoke
-
Saxon Wood School2.1 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Maple Ridge School2.2 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen Free Schools
- 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 Basingstoke teach?
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke teaches children aged 9 to 16. It is a special school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke?
- The headteacher of Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke is Mr Benjamin Lewis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chiltern Way Academy 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 Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke?
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke has 66 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 16.
- Is Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke full?
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke has capacity for 88 pupils and 66 on roll (75%), 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 Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke a faith school?
- No. Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke?
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke 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.
- What is Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke's absence rate?
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke's overall absence rate is 31.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chiltern Way Academy 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 3 July 2026.