# The Costello School

The Costello School is a secondary school in Basingstoke and Deane, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,160 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E138287. [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,160
- Council: Basingstoke and Deane
- URN: 138287

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 10 February 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Costello School was 50.4, against 44.0 in Basingstoke and Deane and 46.2 in England.
53.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Basingstoke and Deane | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 50.4 | 44.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53.3% | 41.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69.6% | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 227 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Rucstall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rucstall-primary-school-e116040): 580 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fairfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairfields-primary-school-e116232): 690 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Queen Mary's College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queen-marys-college-e145175): 870 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Basingstoke College of Technology](https://openindex.co.uk/school/basingstoke-college-of-technology-e130688): 1.2 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e116400): 1.3 km. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [South View Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-view-junior-school-e115860): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, July 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/138287)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/138287)

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