The Blue Coat School Basingstoke, Basingstoke
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Basingstoke, part of South Farnham Educational Trust. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 7th-highest of the 7 schools in Basingstoke with published results, and 3,095th of 3,298 across England. It was 89% full in 2025.
- GCSE results
- Below England average
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Hampshire (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke in detail
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke in its own words
In its own words: "Everything we do positively impacts and enriches the lives of our young people. We are restless in our desire to provide the very best education, experience and opportunities for all."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, basketball and Lego.
Coming up: an open day on Saturday 10 July 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Hampshire
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2026, pupils at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke averaged an Attainment 8 score of 35.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.
24% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.
That is up from 33.1 in 2025.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 24.4, against 40 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.6 points.
Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.
Getting a place at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
For September 2026 entry, 55 families put The Blue Coat School Basingstoke as their first choice and 159 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to The Blue Coat School Basingstoke are Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.1); Brighton Hill Community School (0.5 miles, Attainment 8 45.2); Cranbourne (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and The Costello School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).
Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Blue Coat School Basingstoke.
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary SchoolBrighton Hill Community SchoolCranbourneThe Costello School
The trust
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is one of 13 schools run by South Farnham Educational Trust, an academy trust.
Who goes there
34.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Basingstoke Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Aldworth School (s-bound), 110 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Blue Coat School Basingstoke stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 285 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, The Blue Coat School Basingstoke issued 601 suspensions, 67.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to The Blue Coat School Basingstoke are St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), Park View Primary School (0.4 miles), Kings Furlong Junior School (0.6 miles) and Chalk Ridge Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPark View Primary SchoolKings Furlong Junior SchoolChalk Ridge Primary School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in June 2024. Before that, as Aldworth School (URN 116427), it was rated Requires Improvement in February 2023.
At a Glance
34.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Secondary Performance (GCSE)
Academic year 2025/26GCSE Results
2025/26 academic year
Attainment 8 has improved from 33.1 to 35.2 (2025 to 2026), while gCSE English & Maths 5+ has improved from 20% to 24% (2025 to 2026).
Performance by Group
| Group | Progress 8 | Attainment 8 | Eng+Maths 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| All pupils | - | 35.2 | 24% |
| Disadvantaged(53) | - | 24.4 | 5.7% |
| Not known to be disadvantaged(118) | - | 40.0 | 32.2% |
| Boys(91) | - | 35.3 | 29.7% |
| Girls(80) | - | 35.1 | 17.5% |
Show more breakdowns (2)
| Known or believed to be other than English(28) | - | 41.1 | 28.6% |
| Non mobile(163) | - | 35.8 | 24.5% |
2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data
GCSE Subjects Offered
+ 7 more subjects
2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils
Exclusions & Suspensions
3
Permanent exclusions
0.33%
Exclusion rate
601
Suspensions
67.08%
Suspension rate
150 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 896 pupils
2024/25 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Latest from The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
Introducing our Senior Student Leadership Team
2 Oct 2026
Year 9 Boys - National Cup Victory!
18 Sep 2026
TBCS bids farewell to caretaker after 30 years of service
17 Sep 2026
Open Events
15 Jul 2026
Young voices take centre stage at inaugural TBCS Poetry Evening
10 Jul 2026
Young TBCS artists celebrated in Clean Air Day poster competition
19 Jun 2026
From The Blue Coat School Basingstoke's website. School Signal is not affiliated with the school.
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 21
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 16 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Hampshire is 9 (the median across 617 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
885 pupils
1,000 places
115 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Basingstoke
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Basingstoke
Across Hampshire council
Places available
15,392
Applications
13,874
Got 1st preference
90.1%
Got preferred school
97.6%
All secondary applications across Hampshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
121
SEN Support
27
EHC Plans
17.7%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
837
Total Pupils
431
Boys
406
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
48
Teachers
17.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£53,912
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£7,438
Per pupil
£7302k
Total funding
£345k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
13.0%
Overall absence
36.6%
Persistent absence
1,004
Enrolments
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
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Questions parents ask about The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
What are GCSE results like at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
In the 2026 results, pupils at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke achieved an Attainment 8 score of 35.2. 24% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.
What is The Blue Coat School Basingstoke's Ofsted rating?
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in June 2024. Before that, as Aldworth School (URN 116427), it was rated Requires Improvement in February 2023.
What is the catchment area for The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
No fixed boundary. When The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is oversubscribed, Hampshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke was not full in 2025: it ran at 89% of its 1000 places.
How big are the classes at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
Classes at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke average 23.9 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke has around 837 pupils on roll. 34% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
13% of sessions were missed at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke in 2024/25. 36.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
Apply through Hampshire's coordinated admissions process, naming The Blue Coat School Basingstoke on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 16 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hampshire is 9 (the median across 617 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Blue Coat School Basingstoke?
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke is at Western Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 6HA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)