Cams Hill School

Cams Hill School demonstrates a good overall performance in providing quality education and fostering positive attitudes among its students. The school excels in creating a supportive environment where pupils feel safe, listened to, and actively involved in school developments. With effective leadership and a well-designed curriculum, pupils achieve well across most subjects, particularly in mathematics and physical education. The school also offers a variety of enrichment activities that promote personal development and equip pupils with essential life skills.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported in their school environment.
• Leaders are ambitious for all pupils and provide valuable guidance for future careers.
• The curriculum is effectively designed to help pupils achieve highly in most subjects.
• Teachers are skilled and knowledgeable, addressing gaps in pupil understanding rapidly.
• Pupils engage well with a wide range of enrichment activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack a well-sequenced curriculum plan.
• Leaders need a better understanding of effective strategies for supporting pupils with SEND.
• Not all pupils feel confident in the school's anti-bullying measures.
• Some pupils do not have a strong understanding of the values of modern Britain.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cams Hill School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.9% of pupils at Cams Hill School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cams Hill School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.8% of pupils at Cams Hill School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 14 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Cams Hill School received £8,538 and spent £8,570 for each of its 1,237 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £50,000 (-£40 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Gateway Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,688 and spending £8,366 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Fareham · Hampshire local authority: places and applications

Cams Hill School is part of Gateway Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Woodcot Primary School Gosport
• Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Southsea
• Milton Park Primary School Portsmouth
• Foundry Lane Primary School Southampton
• Oakfield Academy Southampton
• The Romsey School Romsey

What is Cams Hill School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cams Hill School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Cams Hill School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cams Hill School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Cams Hill School have?

Cams Hill School has 1,265 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cams Hill School cover?

Cams Hill School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Cams Hill School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.0, and 57% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Cams Hill School?

Cams Hill School is at Shearwater Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 8AH.