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Secondary school in Fareham, Hampshire

Fareham Academy

St Anne's Grove, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1JJ

School website 01329318003

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 3 February 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

38.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

31% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

47% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.4 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

21% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.40confidence interval -0.62 to -0.19

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
888
Places
900
How full
Nearly full — 888 of 900 places taken
Girls / boys
447 / 441
Overall absence
12%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
28%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
30%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
8%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
7%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
21%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
90%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
78%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
1%
No sustained destination
9%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
146

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Fareham 011C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
23%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
73%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
14%

England 17%

Households with no car
15%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
FAREHAM ACADEMY
Headteacher
Headteacher: Randall Jull
Local authority
Hampshire
Ward
Fort Fareham
Constituency
Fareham and Waterlooville
URN
140069

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Meoncross SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.3 mi
The Henry Cort Community CollegeCommunity school No grade 44.2 1.5 mi
Cams Hill SchoolAcademy converter No grade 52.5 1.7 mi
Crofton SchoolAcademy converter No grade 45.3 1.7 mi
Bridgemary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2023 33.8 1.8 mi
Boundary Oak SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.9 mi
King's Academy Brune ParkAcademy sponsor led Inadequate 2023 33 3 mi
Portchester Community SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 41.8 3 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
All Saints Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school Good 2022 44.9
Ormiston Sandwell Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 42.3
Shoeburyness High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 37.6
Etone CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 47.3
Hull Trinity House AcademyAcademy converter No grade 47
St Peter's Collegiate AcademyAcademy converter No grade 44.8
Wath AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 47.8
Moat Community CollegeCommunity school Good 2023 44.6

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.