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Sheet Primary School

Primary · Petersfield · GU32 2AS

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 January 2025

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At a glance

110 pupils · 98% of 112 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.sheetprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
115946

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.53 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.75 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 28 January 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 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.53 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · heavily 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: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.75 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.75 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYORK · 215 miles awayGood57%
Claverley CofE Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 121 miles awayNo current grade81%
Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 155 miles awayNeeds attention33%
Weston Primary & Nursery SchoolHitchin · 73 miles awayGood50%
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · 102 miles awayGood60%
Rivington Foundation Primary SchoolBolton · 193 miles awayGood79%
Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolSalisbury · 35 miles awayGood40%
Great Corby School and NurseryCarlisle · 279 miles awayGood80%
Whitminster Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 80 miles awayGood69%
Holbrook Church of England Primary SchoolBelper · 139 miles awayGood90%
Oxspring Primary SchoolSheffield · 175 miles awayGood78%
Sibford Gower Endowed Primary SchoolBanbury · 75 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%)

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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.93 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
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector

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)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.5 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 £49,123; 11.1% 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£7,212
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

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

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £45,671; in-year balance +£26,204

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.6%62.3%
Social housing11.8%17.1%
Privately rented10.6%20.5%
Detached houses48.3%22.9%
Flats10.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022625 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£650,00085 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£475,000–£885,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (46)£850,000
Semi-detached (13)£630,000
Terraced (20)£412,500
Flat (6)£245,000

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 (1.21 km, 2026 entry): 153 sales, median £540,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

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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