Eggar's School

Eggar's School continues to demonstrate good performance, maintaining a supportive and aspirational environment where pupils are encouraged to 'Belong, Aspire and Achieve'. Pupils express satisfaction with their school experience and feel safe and welcomed. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, allowing pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to progress well. Despite the positive attributes, challenges remain, particularly concerning attendance for disadvantaged pupils, which needs to improve to ensure these students can fully benefit from school offerings.

Strengths

• High expectations and aspiration for all pupils
• Strong emphasis on personal development and career education
• Supportive and safe environment for pupils
• Effective subject knowledge among teachers
• Pupils enjoy a broad and balanced curriculum
• Strong extracurricular opportunities through the 'Eggar's Experience'
• Positive feedback from parents about staff and school community

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance of disadvantaged pupils is lower than for others
• Assessment practices vary in effectiveness across subjects

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 Eggar's School attended 91.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.4% 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, 8.2% of pupils at Eggar's School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were 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 Eggar's School had 15.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Eggar's School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 2023–24 Eggar's School received £7,289 and spent £8,033 for each of its 858 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £126,000 (£147 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Weydon Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,144 and spending £8,461 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 Alton · Hampshire local authority: places and applications

Eggar's School is part of Weydon Multi Academy Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Crondall Primary School Farnham
• Weydon School Farnham
• The Ridgeway School Farnham
• The Abbey School Farnham
• Farnham Heath End Farnham
• Beacon Hill Primary School Hindhead
• William Cobbett Primary School Farnham
• Woolmer Hill School Haslemere
• St Mark's Church of England Primary School Farnborough
• The Sixth Form College Farnborough Farnborough

What is Eggar's School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eggar's School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Eggar's School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eggar's School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Eggar's School have?

Eggar's School has 744 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eggar's School cover?

Eggar's School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Eggar's School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.8, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Eggar's School?

Eggar's School is at London Road, Holybourne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4EQ.