Farmor's School is a secondary academy in Fairford, United Kingdom with 1,067 pupils, part of Farmor's School. Ofsted: Report card, 3 February 2026: expected standard in 7 areas; safeguarding met. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Casual Exam Invigilator (closes 17 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Mark Surowiec, Headteacher
Trust or group
Farmor's School
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,067 pupils · 48% girls · 11.2% eligible for free school meals · 2.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
132 (12.4%) on SEN support · 36 (3.4%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
To assist the Examinations Officer, Examinations Assistant and other Invigilators with the administration and supervision of examinations at Farmor’s School. To conduct…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
54.8
66.0%
2024/25
49.1
48.8%
2023/24
50.1
49.7%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Report card (3 February 2026)
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and well-being
Expected standard
Post-16
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Safeguarding
Met
Date
Inspection
Outcome
3 February 2026
Report card
Expected standard in 7 areas; safeguarding met
21 September 2021
Graded inspection
Good
8 November 2017
Graded inspection
Requires improvement
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
67.8
15.7
–
0
£51,252
2024/25
66.9
15.6
11%
0
£48,744
2023/24
63.8
16.2
12%
0
£44,682
2022/23
63.6
16.3
10%
0
£42,775
2021/22
64.7
15.7
12%
0
£43,000
2020/21
65.4
15.6
5%
0
£41,592
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
63.6
15.7
9%
0
£39,919
2018/19
63.5
15.5
5%
0
£39,217
2017/18
59.8
15.5
4%
0
£38,288
2016/17
66.5
13.7
13%
0
£37,526
2015/16
66.5
14.1
12%
0
£37,459
2014/15
69.0
13.9
10%
0
£37,273
2013/14
71.1
13.0
15%
0
£37,101
2012/13
75.4
12.9
18%
0
£36,258
2011/12
72.7
14.2
5%
0
£37,279
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.2%
1.2%
20.4%
1.8%
2024/25
7.3%
1.0%
19.5%
1.9%
2023/24
7.5%
1.5%
20.9%
2.2%
2022/23
7.7%
1.7%
20.1%
2.3%
2021/22
8.0%
1.1%
21.8%
2.5%
2020/21
3.8%
0.5%
8.5%
1.5%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.0%
0.9%
11.6%
0.8%
2017/18
5.4%
0.8%
12.2%
1.4%
2016/17
4.6%
0.5%
8.7%
0.9%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
8 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 4 teaching, 4 support. Most often advertised: Cover Supervisor (2), Teaching Assistant (2), Head of PE. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.