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Rowhill School

Alternative provision school in Aldershot, Hampshire. Inadequate (Oct 2023). Special measures.

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 3 October 2023, report published 9 January 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.

This grade was given to Rowhill School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Rowhill School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentInadequate
Leadership and managementInadequate
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around October 2027

The last inspection was in October 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.