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Schools in Yateley · DfE, Ofsted

Yateley’s state schools outscore 60% of towns in England

7 state-funded schools are located in Yateley’s built-up area. Yateley grades B for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #34 of 76 in Hampshire. Ofsted is shown, not graded.

State schools
7
5 primary, 2 secondary
Reading, writing & maths
64%
meet the expected standard at 11 · 2023–25
England’s schools: 62%
Attainment 8
46.7
GCSE average across 8 subjects · 2025/26
England’s schools: 47.3
Grade 5+ English & maths
44%
a strong pass in both · 2025/26
England’s schools: 47%

Town figures are pupil-weighted across the schools the grade uses; England’s are the average school.

School Grade

Yateley grades B for schools

Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.

Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (64% meet the standard)Better than 63% of towns in England
Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (46.7 and 44%)Better than 52% of towns in England
Each of Yateley’s 4 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)50%60%70%80%England 62%Hampshire 62%Cranford Park Church of England Primary School: 55% · CPotley Hill Primary School: 63% · B−Westfields Junior School: 65% · BNewlands Primary School: 70% · B+
England’s average schoolHampshire’s average school

The primary figure: 4 primaries in the town, 541 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 2 secondaries in the town, 360 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.

Map

Where Yateley’s 7 state schools are

Each school at its address, coloured by its own letter and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Yateley’s built-up area.

PrimarySecondary (named)Special, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsABCDNo letter

Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table. The 2 secondaries are named.

Results and intake

Which schools do better than their intake suggests

Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.

Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals50%60%70%80%0%10%20%30%40%Pupils on free school meals →typical school in EnglandCranford Park Church of England Primary School: 55% with 27% on free school meals (a typical school with that intake: 61%)Newlands Primary School: 70% with 11% on free school meals (a typical school with that intake: 66%)Potley Hill Primary School: 63% with 16% on free school meals (a typical school with that intake: 64%)Westfields Junior School: 65% with 14% on free school meals (a typical school with that intake: 65%)Cranford ParkNewlandsPotley HillWestfields Junior

The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 9% at Westfields Infant School to 27% at Cranford Park Church of England Primary School. Against schools with the same intake, Newlands Primary School does best: 70% with 11% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 66%. 2 of 4 primaries are above the line.

Show as a table
SchoolFree school mealsResultTypical for that intakeDifference
Newlands Primary SchoolKS2 %11%70%66%+4
Westfields Junior SchoolKS2 %14%65%65%+0
Potley Hill Primary SchoolKS2 %16%63%64%−1
Cranford Park Church of England Primary SchoolKS2 %27%55%61%−6

Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.

Getting a place

How school places work in Yateley

Hampshire County Council handles applications for every state school in Yateley, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.

Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.
Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.
Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.

When a school is full

Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 1 of Yateley’s 7 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.

Useful: Apply for a primary place (GOV.UK) · Apply for a secondary place (GOV.UK) · How admissions criteria work

How full each school is

Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 1 school is at or over it.

Westfields Junior100%
Westfields Infant99%
Yateley94%
Potley Hill93%
Newlands82%
Cranford Park76%
Frogmore Community College67%

DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.

The schools

7 state schools in Yateley

Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.

Letters of Yateley’s schoolsA 0B 4C 2D 01 without a letter

Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.

Ofsted

Ofsted report cards

Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.

Good 1Report card 1Ungraded inspection only 5

Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.

Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 1 of Yateley’s 7 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.

SchoolSafeguardingAchievementCurriculum and teachingInclusionAttendance and behaviourPersonal development and well-beingLeadership and governanceEarly years
Newlands Primary SchoolMay 2026MetNeeds attentionNeeds attentionNeeds attentionNeeds attentionNeeds attentionNeeds attentionNeeds attention
Who runs them

1 academy trust and the council

Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.

Run bySchoolsPupilsTheir letters
Weydon Multi Academy TrustFrogmore Community College1630C+
Hampshire County CouncilYateley, Westfields Junior, Westfields Infant, Potley Hill, Newlands, Cranford Park62,525BBB−B+C
After 16

Where Yateley’s teenagers go at 16

In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.

1 of Yateley’s 2 state secondaries has a sixth form: Yateley. The nearest college is Farnborough College of Technology, a further-education college 5 miles away.

Secondaries with a sixth form
1 of 2
state schools in Yateley
Colleges within 12 miles
1
nearest: Farnborough College of Technology
Grammar schools in Hampshire
0
no selective state secondaries
Towns its size

139th of 348 English towns of 10,000 to 20,000

Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns either side of Yateley, and the top and bottom of the group.

#TownSchoolsKS2Attainment 8Grade 5+ E&M
1Amersham BuckinghamshireA+79%64.383%
…
135Ware HertfordshireB58%53.257%
136Enderby and Narborough LeicestershireB75%42.236%
137Penryn CornwallB62%47.748%
138Shiney Row and Penshaw Tyne and WearB66%43.545%
139Yateley HampshireB64%46.744%
140Killingworth Tyne and WearB62%48.449%
141Cheadle StaffordshireB58%52.953%
142Bodmin CornwallB62%47.149%
143Brough East Riding of YorkshireB59%50.154%
…
348Sandown Isle of WightD−52%3216%
Neighbours

Yateley and the places around it

Coloured by School Grade.

Minley: CBlackwater: B−Sandhurst: B+Hawley: B−Crowthorne: A−Elvetham Heath: AFarnborough: CMinleyBlackwaterSandhurstHawleyCrowthorneElvetham HeathFarnboroughYateley
TownSchoolsKS2Att. 8
Yateley
7 schools
B64%46.7
Minley
0 schools · uses schools within 3 km · 1.4 mi
C59%43.7
Blackwater
2 schools · uses schools within 3 km · 1.6 mi
B−62%46.7
Sandhurst
6 schools · uses schools within 3 km · 2.1 mi
B+66%47.3
Hawley
1 school · uses schools within 3 km · 2.3 mi
B−63%45.9
Crowthorne
6 schools · uses schools within 3 km · 2.8 mi
A−72%47.6
Elvetham Heath
1 school · uses schools within 3 km · 3.2 mi
A70%53.7
Farnborough
27 schools · 4 mi
C59%42.4

Elvetham Heath has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
  • Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Yateley: 8% (England’s average school: 8%).
  • Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
  • Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
  • Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
  • Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
  • Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
  • Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.

Questions about schools in Yateley

Are schools in Yateley good?

Yateley’s state schools earn a B against schools across England: primary results beat 63% of towns in England; secondary results beat 52% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Hampshire council.

What is the best secondary school in Yateley?

On 2025/26 GCSE results, Yateley School: Attainment 8 of 47.6 and 48% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.

What is the best primary school in Yateley?

On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, Newlands Primary School: 70% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.

Do Yateley secondary schools have sixth forms?

1 of 2 do.

How do I apply for a school place in Yateley?

Through Hampshire County Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).

How many schools in Yateley are full?

1 of 7 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.

How many state schools are in Yateley?

7 open state-funded schools are located in Yateley’s built-up area: 5 primary, 2 secondary and 0 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.

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 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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