Harrow Way Community School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Hampshire
Harrow Way, Andover, SP10 3RH
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.3%
21.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
992
Capacity used
Over capacity110%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
159 of 166 families who put it first got an offer
169
Places offered
346
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 166 | 159 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 145 | 10 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 35 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 346 | 169 | 49% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dawn German
- Address
- Harrow Way, Andover, SP10 3RH
- Phone
- 01264364533
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Andover Harroway · North West Hampshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116431
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
992 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
15 July 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,032 pupils
Attendance
92.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.04 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.68 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 36.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 59.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 34.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 187 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 187 | 16% | 41% | 64% | |
| English Language | 187 | 17% | 52% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 183 | 20% | 55% | 70% | |
| Combined Science | 146 | 5% | 34% | 63% | |
| History | 128 | 13% | 41% | 48% | |
| Geography | 73 | 10% | 44% | 58% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 71 | 15% | 49% | 62% | |
| Art and Design | 55 | 5% | 40% | 58% | |
| Spanish | 43 | 19% | 35% | 60% | |
| Religious Studies | 41 | 22% | 71% | 78% | |
| Physics | 40 | 20% | 48% | 55% | |
| Chemistry | 40 | 23% | 48% | 53% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hampshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.