Harrow Way Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Andover, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
12.1 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harrow Way Community School is a secondary school in Andover, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 July 2022. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Harrow Way Community School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 12.1 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 12.1 miles from the school, the 4th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 214 first-choice applications for 183 offers; 170 offers went to first-choice families, and 44 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Harrow Way, Andover, SP10 3RH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 992 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for all.”
- “They live up to this by behaving well and working hard in their lessons.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, this is not yet fully in place.”
- “Other subjects, such as history and physical education, have not yet developed their assessment systems and processes entirely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 October 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 214 first-preference applications, 183 offers in total, 170 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- John Hanson Community School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Winton 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Danebury School 7.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Testbourne Community School 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Henry Beaufort School 12.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Clere School 12.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kings' School 12.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Romsey School 15.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published