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The Ferns Primary Academy[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 55% 55% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
55% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
100 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
103 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 31%[3] 0%[3] 99[3] 99[3]
2022/23 9%[4] 0%[4] 98[4] 94[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
1 Oct 2024[5]
Type
Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[5]
Report published
10 Nov 2024[5]
Personal development
Good[5]
Quality of education
Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[5]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[5]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[5]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Sep 2023[6] Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[6] No overall grade[6]
29 Nov 2022[7] S5 Inspection[7] Inadequate[7]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Applications (any preference)
21 Entry Sept 2026[8]
First preferences
12 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Places offered
18 Entry Sept 2026[8]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 16[8] 8[8] 12[8] 1.3[8] 0.7[8]
Entry Sept 2024 11[8] 6[8] 11[8] 1.0[8] 0.5[8]
Entry Sept 2023 19[8] 8[8] 16[8] 1.2[8] 0.5[8]
Entry Sept 2022 22[8] 12[8] 14[8] 1.6[8] 0.9[8]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Trust
THE KITE ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
www.ferns.kite.academy[1]
District
Rushmoor[9]
Postcode
GU14 9FX[1]
URN
147128[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
85 2024/25[10]
English as an additional language
23.5% 2024/25[10]
SEN support
21.2% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan
9.4% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40% 2024/25[10]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
65.5%[11]
Mixed
5.7%[11]
Asian
11.5%[11]
Black
9.2%[11]
Any other ethnic group
8%[11]
Unclassified
0%[11]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. 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.