Farlingaye High School

Comprehensive

National rank

378

n/a

Rank last year

55.3%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

19%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Peter Smith
Attendance 90.4%
Gender of entry Mixed
Send pupils* 21.4% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,883
Pupils on free school meals 18.0%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 331=

Grade

%

A*/A

27

A*-B

55.3

GCSE 2025 rank: 395=

Grade

%

9/8/7

19

What the school inspection says

“Farlingaye High School is a community where pupils feel safe and say they are happy. Students say their sixth form is ‘one big happy family’. Pupils appreciate how their teachers take exceptional care of them. Everyone feels accepted and welcomed ... Leaders have constructed a broad and ambitious curriculum for all pupils. They have supported teachers well so that they have very strong subject knowledge ... All pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), learn well throughout their time at the school. Leaders make sure that pupils’ needs are identified quickly. [The promotion of] pupils’ personal development is exceptional. Teachers help to nurture rounded, open-minded and conscientious young people. Pupils value and respect difference and diversity. [They] care tremendously about their local community.”
Inspection
2022
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

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