The Costello School is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Basingstoke,

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

, England. It originally opened as Basingstoke High School for girls. It became Harriet Costello Secondary School in

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when it became a co-ed, but was renamed Costello Technology College after gaining specialist

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status. The school was converted to academy status on 1 July 2012 and was renamed The Costello School. Before becoming an academy it was a community school under the direct control of

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. The school continues to coordinate with Hampshire County Council for admissions. The school, as of 1 September 2018, is now part of the

multi-academy trust Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) or school trust is an academy trust that operates more than one academy school. Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local author ...

(MAT) Bohunt Education Trust.

Notable alumni

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, actress * Tom Rees, ex-England rugby union footballer

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* Secondary schools in Hampshire Academies in Hampshire {{Hampshire-school-stub