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Potley Hill Primary School

Primary · Yateley · GU46 6AG

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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: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 October 2024

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At a glance

195 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.potleyhill.hants.sch.uk
URN
116059

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.16 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 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 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

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 2.16 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
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
Thorpe CofE Aided Primary SchoolEgham · 13 miles awayGood44%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolBenfleet · 61 miles awayGood43%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary AcademyBury · 172 miles awayGood65%
Stone Church of England Combined SchoolAylesbury · 32 miles awayNo current grade53%
Stebbing Primary SchoolDunmow · 65 miles awayGood62%
Byfleet Primary SchoolWest Byfleet · 14 miles awayNo current grade87%
Moorlands Junior SchoolBath · 68 miles awayGood55%
Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolAlton · 13 miles awayGood64%
Woodham Ley Primary SchoolBenfleet · 61 miles awayGood70%
Kingswood Primary SchoolTadworth · 26 miles awayGood62%
Brickhill Primary SchoolBedford · 59 miles awayGood57%
Monks Risborough CofE Primary SchoolPrinces Risborough · 27 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 76% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.2%
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
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

63% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school · 18% 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)

16.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £49,623; 22.2% 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£6,879
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £24,564; in-year balance -£25,700

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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 higher37.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.7%62.3%
Social housing3.4%17.1%
Privately rented11.9%20.5%
Detached houses39.3%22.9%
Flats15.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022891 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£475,000123 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£365,000–£595,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£601,000
Semi-detached (30)£427,500
Terraced (12)£373,500
Flat (31)£285,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.48 km, 2025 entry): 1,729 sales, median £430,000. 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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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