Secondary school

The Blue Coat School Basingstoke

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Hampshire
  • RG22 6HA
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Feb 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,163 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 97%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 71%71%2016/17: top 64%2017/18: top 60%2018/19: top 65%2021/22: top 59%59% · 2021/222022/23: top 80%2023/24: top 92%2024/25: top 97%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 833.1 · South East 461/10 Well below South East−34.1 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths19.5% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East−32.1 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score2.75 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East−33.3 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.76 · South East +0.011/10 Well below South East−5.9 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47 · 173 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 43.6 · 166 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 44.1 · 188 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 43.4 · 193 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 46.6 · 193 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 39.9 · 188 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 35.6 · 161 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 33.1 · 159 pupils · South East 464733.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 39% · 166 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 35% · 188 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 36% · 193 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 43% · 193 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 38% · 188 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 28% · 161 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 19.5% · 159 pupils · South East 44.8%43%19.5%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
55 of 55 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st5555
2nd6116
3rd439

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2010–2023

  1. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2013Goodas predecessor
  3. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2018Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2021Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2021Ungraded visitas predecessor
  8. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Personal development

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026837
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.3%
First language not English15.6%
SEN support14.5%
EHC plan3.5%
Absence (sessions missed)13.0%
Persistently absent pupils36.5%

Girls 48.7%Boys 51.3%

83.7% full · 1,000 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.8
Pupils per adult12.1
  • Classroom teachers 39
  • Leadership 8
  • Teaching assistants 10.3
  • Other support 24

Teachers 47 FTE · Whole workforce 81.3 · 87 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,012
Spend per pupil£7,238
Staff spend per pupil£5,788
Reserve per pupil£1,020
  • +£914,000revenue reserve
  • +£694,000in-year balance

Grants £8,115 · self-generated £275 · premises £379 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £6,469,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

161 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained87.6%
  • Education79.5%
  • Apprenticeship3.7%
  • Employment4.3%
  • Not sustained9.3%
  • Unknown3.1%