Schools in Farnborough
Farnborough's 30 schools fall under Hampshire County Council's coordinated admissions scheme, with 20 primaries and 3 secondaries serving a Rushmoor borough town known for its aerospace heritage and significant military population. Hampshire uses straight-line distance as the oversubscription tie-breaker for community schools after looked-after children and sibling priority; forces families benefit from Hampshire's additional admissions priority for children of Service personnel posted to an address within a school's normal area.
Secondary allocation in Farnborough involves schools across the Rushmoor boundary, with some families in southern Farnborough applying to schools in neighbouring Aldershot. The Cove and South Farnborough clusters of primaries serve distinct residential zones, and catchment distances can shift in years when a new housing development comes online - parents should use offer-distance data from the last two rounds to form realistic expectations before the September application deadline.
School demand in Farnborough
Across the 26 schools in Farnborough with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Farnborough have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
5 of the schools in Farnborough are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Hampshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
10 of the schools in Farnborough have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Farnborough: 5 oversubscribed (20)
Cove Junior School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9SA
Cove Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9DP
Tower Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 0BW
South Farnborough Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 6JU
North Farnborough Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 8AJ
Manor Junior School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9DX
Grange Community Junior School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 8TA
Manor Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9DX
Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9TT
South Farnborough Junior School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 6PL
Guillemont Junior School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9ES
Pinewood Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 9LE
Southwood Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 0NE
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnborough · GU14 7AP
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnborough · GU14 7BW
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnborough · GU14 8LS
Cherrywood Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 8LH
Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnborough · GU14 8HW
The Ferns Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Farnborough · GU14 9FX
St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnborough · GU14 6DU
Secondary Schools in Farnborough (3)
Cove School
Secondary · Foundation school
Farnborough · GU14 9RN
The Wavell School
Secondary · Community school
Farnborough · GU14 6BH
Bohunt Farnborough
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Farnborough · GU14 9BY
Other Schools in Farnborough (7)
Farnborough Hill
Not applicable · Other independent school
Farnborough · GU14 8AT
Salesian College
Not applicable · Other independent school
Farnborough · GU14 6PA
Samuel Cody School
Not applicable · Community special school
Farnborough · GU14 8SN
Farnborough College of Technology
All through · Further education
Farnborough · GU14 6SB
Henry Tyndale School
Not applicable · Community special school
Farnborough · GU14 8BX
The Sixth Form College Farnborough
All through · Academy 16-19 converter
Farnborough · GU14 8JX
Napier School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Farnborough · GU14 6EF
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Farnborough are set by Hampshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.