The Costello School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 50 50.4 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 50.4 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 53.3% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 17.6% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.03 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 47.3[5] | 49.6%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 46.3[3] | 44.5%[3] | -0.03[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 45.9[6] | 43%[6] | -0.23[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 50.9[7] | 53%[7] | -0.05[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 94% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 57% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 32% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 4% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 95%[9] | 63%[9] | 25%[9] | 1%[9] | 4%[9] | |
| 2020/21 | 97%[10] | 0%[10] | 64%[10] | 25%[10] | 2%[10] | 6%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 97%[11] | 0%[11] | 60%[11] | 31%[11] | 4%[11] | 1%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 97%[12] | 1%[12] | 62%[12] | 25%[12] | 1%[12] | 7%[12] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 10 Feb 2026[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 20 Apr 2026[13]
- Inclusion
- Expected standard[13]
- Achievement
- Expected standard[13]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[13]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard[13]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard[13]
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard[13]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.4 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 497 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 187 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 211 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 399[16] | 140[16] | 217[16] | 1.8[16] | 0.6[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 521[16] | 210[16] | 256[16] | 2.0[16] | 0.8[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 580[16] | 265[16] | 254[16] | 2.3[16] | 1.0[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 468[16] | 250[16] | 260[16] | 1.8[16] | 1.0[16] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[17]
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 224 Entry Sept 2027[17]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1120[1]
- Trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Hampshire[1]
- Website
- http://www.costelloschool.co.uk[1]
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane[18]
- Postcode
- RG21 4AL[1]
- URN
- 138287[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1222 2024/25[19]
- English as an additional language
- 14.8% 2024/25[19]
- SEN support
- 14.2% 2024/25[19]
- EHC plan
- 3.1% 2024/25[19]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 16.6% 2024/25[19]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 73.6%[20]
- Mixed
- 8.5%[20]
- Asian
- 10.5%[20]
- Black
- 6%[20]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1.1%[20]
- Unclassified
- 0.2%[20]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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costelloschool.co.uk: costelloschool.co.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
The School will consid er first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026 (p. 5)
The published admission number for The Costello School is 224 pupils for year 7 in 2027/8 (p. 5)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.