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Hambledon Primary School

Primary · Waterlooville · PO7 4RT

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 March 2025

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At a glance

95 pupils · 90% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hambledon.hants.sch.uk/
URN
115902

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 1.44 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.17 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 18 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.44 first-choice applications per place

18 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.17 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Out of catchment sibling
4.42 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

13 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Tasburgh Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolNorwich · 148 miles awayGood52%
Sywell Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · 95 miles awayGood40%
Bridstow CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye · 95 miles awayNeeds attention22%
Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAndover · 30 miles awayGood75%
Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 168 miles awayGood61%
Riseley CofE Primary SchoolBedford · 95 miles awayGood56%
Burley Primary SchoolRingwood · 28 miles awayGood50%
Barns Green Primary SchoolHorsham · 31 miles awayGood89%
Airmyn Park Primary SchoolGoole · 193 miles awayGood56%
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 104 miles awayGood75%
Staveley CofE SchoolKendal · 249 miles awayGood55%
The Ropsley Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham · 138 miles awayExpected standard58%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,659; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,254
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £57,283; in-year balance -£33,235

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.3%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.9%20.5%
Detached houses47%22.9%
Flats4.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023235 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£595,00030 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£313,000–£770,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£710,000
Semi-detached (7)£565,500
Terraced (10)£330,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.49 km, 2025 entry): 98 sales, median £467,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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