Everest Community Academy, Basingstoke

In its own words: "At Everest, we are unashamedly focused on achieving the best educational outcomes for our students. We are determined to be the school of choice for parents and students in the local area, and to be recognised as a school that values each member of our community."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are delighted to welcome you to Everest Community Academy. Our school is an integral part of our local community and together we will ensure Everest is a school we are all proud of. Our core values - aspire, enrich, belong - guide everything we do, every day."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include athletics and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Everest Community Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

26% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 34.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.12: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 29.4, against 42.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 122 families put Everest Community Academy as their first choice and 232 named it as one of their preferences, for 141 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Everest Community Academy are The Vyne Community School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.1); The Costello School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4); Cranbourne (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Everest Community Academy.

Everest Community Academy is one of 31 schools run by Bourne Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.4 in 2024/25.

71 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Everest Community Academy (as of September 2025): 65% would recommend the school, 73% say their child is happy there and 42% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (73%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (42%).

Of the 114 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 136 pupils (18.4%) received SEN support and 47 (6.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Basingstoke Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Farringdon Court (opposite), 300 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 203 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Everest Community Academy issued 210 suspensions, 28.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Everest Community Academy are Merton Junior School (0.3 miles), St Bede's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Merton Infant School and Nursery (0.3 miles) and Oakridge Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.