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Fareham Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 39.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
39.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
24.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.40 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 38.5[5] 31.1%[5]
2023/24 40.5[3] 33.1%[3] -0.40[3]
2022/23 44.2[6] 38%[6] -0.36[6]
2021/22 49.6[7] 48%[7] 0.00[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
33% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
45% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[8]
Employment
5% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[9] 3%[9] 34%[9] 45%[9] 3%[9] 6%[9]
2020/21 91%[10] 1%[10] 35%[10] 48%[10] 4%[10] 3%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 2%[11] 32%[11] 51%[11] 4%[11] 4%[11]
2018/19 91%[12] 2%[12] 30%[12] 53%[12] 3%[12] 2%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
3 Feb 2026[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
24 Mar 2026[13]
Inclusion
Expected standard[13]
Achievement
Needs attention[13]
Safeguarding standards
Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[13]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[13]
Leadership and governance
Needs attention[13]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Oct 2021[14] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]
Date not published[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
390 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
168 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
167 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 357[16] 178[16] 174[16] 2.1[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2024 357[16] 142[16] 170[16] 2.1[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2023 329[16] 155[16] 176[16] 1.9[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2022 277[16] 155[16] 172[16] 1.6[16] 0.9[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
FAREHAM ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.fareham-academy.co.uk[1]
District
Fareham[17]
Postcode
PO14 1JJ[1]
URN
140069[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
884 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
7.8% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
21% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
6.9% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.8% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.4%[19]
Mixed
2.9%[19]
Asian
3.6%[19]
Black
2.1%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.3%[19]
Unclassified
0.6%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.