SCHOOL PROFILE

Cove School: data, trends and context

Cove School is a secondary school in Hampshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
116446
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Hampshire
Region
South East
Postcode
GU14 9RN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,007
FSM eligible
27.6%
EAL / First language other than English
20.1%
SEND (total)
43.7%
SEN Support
36.9%
EHCP
6.8%
White British
65.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.2%
Overall absence
8.8%
Persistent absence
22.7%
Severe absence
4.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
HampshireLocal authority91.4%8.6%2.5%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
35.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
9.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.50%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
42.7
English & maths grade 5+
35.5%
English & maths grade 4+
54.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Cove School is a secondary school in Hampshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.