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Chiltern Way Academy Austen

Special schoolAges 4–16Free school

Basingstoke, RG24 9BP · Hampshire local authority

Basingstoke’s School Grade C+ better than 45% of towns in England

How full
128 pupils
100% of its 128 places
Free school meals
27%
27 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Chiltern Way Academy Austen

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG24 9) sold for a median £314,000; Basingstoke’s is £330,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 18 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Chiltern Way Academy Austen beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 6.5

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Hampshire avg 45.6

20304050607080England avg 47.3Chiltern Way Academy Austen 6.5

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Hampshire avg 43%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Chiltern Way Academy Austen 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
10.8
2024/25
12.6
2025/26
6.5

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-2.91: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Hampshire 64% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

131 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 21%Boys 79%
Its letter

No letter for Chiltern Way Academy Austen

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), February 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Chiltern Way Academy Austen

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RG24 9, the school’s postcode sector

Basingstoke property prices →
£314,000
median sale, 787 sales in 36 months · Basingstoke £330,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025RG24 9Basingstoke
RG24 9Basingstoke

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£510K
Semi-detached
£380K
Terraced
£310K
Flat
£188K
RG24 9Basingstoke

Homes in RG24 9 sell for a little under Basingstoke’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCA−DAC−C−B−AB−C+B+DBChiltern Way Academy Austen
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Basingstoke, RG24 9BP

Chiltern Way Academy Austen: common questions

What is Chiltern Way Academy Austen’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).

How much do houses cost near Chiltern Way Academy Austen?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG24 9, sold for a median £314,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (787 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Basingstoke’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.