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Good
Maintained school
Cove School
Secondary
St John's Road Cove, Farnborough, GU149RN
012 5254 2397


School Profile

GENDER
Mixed
AGE
11 - 16
PUPILS
943

Cove School is a Maintained school (Foundation school). The school consists of mixed pupils aged between 11 and 16 and has a capacity of 1001. The school was last rated as Good by Ofsted on 15 Jan 2020.


PUPIL MIX
466 boys and 477 girls
PUPILS PER TEACHER
16.5
ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS
14.4%
ENGLISH NOT FIRST LANGUAGE
12.7%
PERSISTENT ABSENCE
13.1%
PUPIL DIVERSITY MIX
School census date: 16 Jan 2020

SPECIAL CLASSES
Yes
SEN SUPPORT
13%
EHC PLAN
1.6%
SEN PROVISIONS:
  • HI - Hearing Impairment


School Performance


Attainment 8 score

School
41.1
Local Authority
47.6
England
46.7

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average


Grade 5 or above in English & Maths GCSEs

School
35%
Local Authority
46%
England
43%


English Baccalaureate

  School Local Authority England
Pupils entering EBacc 33% 37% 40%
EBacc average point score 3.53 4.18 4.07




School Inspections


Inspectorate

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

Inspection reports

Ofsted Website  

Latest inspection rating

Latest inspection date

15 Jan 2020

Latest inspection summary:


Category Assessment
Quality of education Good
Behaviour and attitudes Good
Personal development Good
Leadership and management Good
Safeguarding is effective Yes




School Admissions



Demand for secondary school places
High

Applications and Offers  
Total preferred applications 205
Of which first preference applications 104
Of which second preference applications 57
Of which third preference applications 44
Total offers made 143
Of which first preference offers 104
Of which second preference offers 12
Of which third preference offers 5




School Destinations


The percentage of students staying in education or employment (the year) after completing their GCSEs:

School
96%
Local Authority
95%
England
94%


Breakdown of destinations:

Destination School Local Authority England
Staying in education 84% 87% 87%
Staying in employment 5% 4% 3%
Staying in Apprenticeships 7% 4% 4%
Not staying in education or employment 3% 4% 5%





School Neighbourhood


PUBLIC TRANSPORT
7
GREEN SPACE
9
ENVIRONMENT
5
SAFETY
3
PROPERTY
£310,000 Median house price as at September 2020


DIVERSITY MIX


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