Samuel Cody School, Farnborough
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Samuel Cody School excels at supporting the personal development and wellbeing of all pupils through a broad, carefully planned programme. The school is highly ambitious for its pupils' futures, providing excellent careers advice, employer links and transitions support that result in almost all pupils moving to suitable placements. Staff are knowledgeable and well-trained, using effective strategies to remove barriers to learning and provide both academic and emotional support.
Key Strengths
- Excellent safeguarding culture with open reporting and pupils feeling safe
- Strong personal development programme with meaningful leadership roles for pupils
- Well-planned careers guidance and transitions to suitable placements for older pupils
- Effective behaviour management with consistent routines and reduced use of restraint
- Ambitious, knowledgeable leadership that has successfully managed school growth
Areas for Improvement
- Early years activities not always closely matched to children's learning needs
- Communication and language development not embedded as thoroughly as in other subjects
- Teaching quality inconsistent across some subjects and phases
- Attendance of persistently absent pupils improving more slowly than others
- Need to strengthen assessment focus on specific knowledge children need to learn
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open, positive safeguarding culture where all legal requirements are fulfilled and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Fishing, singing at Winchester Cathedral, sports events, performing arts, residential trips, outdoor learning at Cody Coppice outdoor education centre, Futures Week (travel training), fundraising and enterprise activities
Samuel Cody School is a special educational needs school that has experienced rapid growth in recent years. The school demonstrates strong personal development and wellbeing provision, though early years provision requires improvement.
At a Glance
41.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 25% to 10%. Maths has improved from 0% to 5%. Writing has remained stable at around 5%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
104%
Over capacity
352 pupils
340 capacity
12 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Farnborough
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Farnborough
Admissions Demand - Hampshire
Places available
15,423
Applications
14,221
Got 1st preference
90.9%
Got preferred school
97.7%
Secondary admissions across Hampshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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Pupil Absence2024/25
15.08602%
Overall absence
39.14373%
Persistent absence
327
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Samuel Cody School
Cherrywood Community Primary School
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Grange Community Junior School
Manor Junior School
Manor Infant School
Cove Junior School
Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School
Cove Infant School
The Ferns Primary Academy
Pinewood Infant School
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