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Tower Hill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Fowler Road, Farnborough GU14 0BW · towerhill.hants.sch.uk · 01252 541786
On the mapSearch near GU14 0BW
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.93 mi
- 1.50 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 418
- 100% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.2%
- First language not English
- 27.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.93 mi (1.50 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 73 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.93 mi1.50 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Tower Hill Primary School on 12 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 12 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Feb 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 57
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (26%) with SEND