Harrow Way Community School, Andover

Ofsted's report card from its 15 July 2026 inspection grades Harrow Way Community School on 6 areas: 1 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an inspiring programme that prepares pupils extremely well for adult life."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, generally achieve well and secure GCSE outcomes in line with national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a positive and welcoming culture, which means pupils want to come to school, and most do so regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching in the school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive culture in the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their work to ensure that highly effective teaching is securely embedded across all subjects and year groups, so that pupils achieve consistently well at the end of key stage 4"; "Leaders should continue to implement and further strengthen their work to secure increased improvements in pupils' attendance at school".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope that we have provided the information you require but if there is anything else you need to know please feel free to telephone or email the school. Whatever our students aspire to be, we are here to support them. We value each of them, not just for who they are but also for what they can become."

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

On phones, the school says: "Mobile Phones maya 2025-12-17T10:07:42+00:00 Mobile Phone Free School We are a mobile phone-free site for students."

In 2026, pupils at Harrow Way Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

45% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: pupils made about 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 38.1, against 48.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 214 families put Harrow Way Community School as their first choice and 428 named it as one of their preferences, for 183 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 44 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Harrow Way Community School are John Hanson Community School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); and Lift Winton (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.9).

Harrow Way Community School's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 75% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 7% into work.

10% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Mixed (5%).

The nearest railway station is Andover Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Harrow Way (sw-bound), 120 metres away.

In 2024/25, Harrow Way Community School issued 99 suspensions, 9.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Harrow Way Community School are Portway Junior School (0.5 miles); Portway Infant School (0.5 miles); St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover (0.8 miles); and Balksbury Infant School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.