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Cove School

URN: 116446

Address: St John's Road, Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9RN

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 21 January 2025:

Quality of education:

Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes:

Good

Personal development:

Good

Leadership and management:

Requires Improvement

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 27 March 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection: GoodSchool inspection, PDF - 04 February 2020
    PDF – Published

  3. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 07 January 2019
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 17 October 2017
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 11 December 2015
    PDF – Published

  6. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 21 July 2015
    PDF – Published

  7. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 23 April 2015
    PDF – Published

  8. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 15 October 2014
    PDF – Published

  9. Full inspection: InadequateFull inspection, PDF - 03 June 2014
    PDF – Published

  10. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 07 June 2011
    PDF – Published

  11. Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit, PDF - 31 July 2009
    PDF – Published

  12. Full inspection: SatisfactoryFull inspection, PDF - 24 June 2008
    PDF – Published

  13. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 10 February 2005
    PDF – Published
  14. Opened

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Cove School

  • Type: Secondary
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Hampshire

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 979
  • School capacity: 1050

Location

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  • Address: St John's Road, Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9RN
  • Region: South East

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