Cove School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Farnborough, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cove School is a secondary school in Farnborough, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Cove 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, while in 2025 places ran out and a last distance was published.
- Year 7 2026 had 142 first-choice applications for 179 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 37 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 42.7 (England 46).
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
- St John's Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9RN
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,007 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are generally happy at Cove School.”
- “They recognise that their teachers care about them and want them to do well.”
- “Pupils know that their teachers have high expectations of how they should behave in school.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not always achieve as highly as they should because the curriculum is not delivered consistently well.”
- “Over time, some pupils have found it difficult to access the curriculum.”
- “This is because the school has not accurately identified where extra support is required, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2025 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.7 | 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: 142 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 142 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.
- Bohunt Farnborough 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Wavell School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Frogmore Community College 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Court Moor School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yateley School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Calthorpe Park School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Robert May's School 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eggar's School 12.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published