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Purbrook Junior School

Primary · Waterlooville · PO7 5NQ

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 20 July 2026

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At a glance

380 pupils · 99% of 384 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.purbrook-jun.hants.sch.uk
URN
116022

In figures

At its report-card inspection on 16 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.48 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
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
St Peter and St Paul Church of England AcademyLeicester · 127 miles awayGood58%
Castle Primary SchoolBristol · 74 miles awayGood53%
Brook Primary SchoolStourbridge · 121 miles awayGood65%
All Saints Church of England Junior AcademyHessle · 199 miles awayGood54%
Winslow Church of England SchoolBuckingham · 75 miles awayGood49%
Mulberry West St Leonards PrimarySt Leonards-on-Sea · 69 miles awayExpected standard60%
The Latimer Primary SchoolLeicester · 125 miles awayGood69%
Westfield Primary SchoolRadstock · 68 miles awayGood88%
Market Deeping Community Primary SchoolMarket Deeping · 129 miles awayGood58%
Leighswood SchoolWalsall · 126 miles awayGood64%
Pennine Way Junior AcademySwadlincote · 133 miles awayGood54%
Sherdley Primary SchoolSt Helens · 191 miles awayGood54%

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%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.30 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
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% 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)

63.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £51,678; 11.8% 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£6,391
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £151,710; in-year balance +£33,899

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80%62.3%
Social housing13.3%17.1%
Privately rented6.7%20.5%
Detached houses23.3%22.9%
Flats10.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022962 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£323,000414 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£284,500–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (97)£435,000
Semi-detached (148)£333,500
Terraced (139)£295,000
Flat (30)£172,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (0.77 km, 2025 entry): 293 sales, median £315,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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