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Colden Common Primary School

Primary · Eastleigh · SO50 6HW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 18 January 2023

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At a glance

403 pupils · 96% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.coldencommon.hants.sch.uk
URN
116074

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 57 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 2.4 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 18 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 57 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 (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.4 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school73%
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
Notley Green Primary SchoolBraintree · 100 miles awayNo current grade66%
The Dingle Primary SchoolCrewe · 153 miles awayOutstanding65%
Goosewell Primary AcademyPlymouth · 129 miles awayGood71%
Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 69 miles awayOutstanding78%
Bransgore Church of England Primary SchoolChristchurch · 23 miles awayExpected standard70%
St John's Mead Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 60 miles awayGood45%
Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary AcademyLincoln · 156 miles awayGood47%
St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolWindermere · 243 miles awayGood47%
St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolManchester · 172 miles awayGood55%
Edgebury Primary SchoolChislehurst · 67 miles awayGood66%
Lantern Community Primary SchoolEly · 119 miles awayGood54%
Meath Green Junior SchoolHorley · 51 miles awayGood (2015)54%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.10 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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

64% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 23% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.2 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 £49,617; 9.5% 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£6,061
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £302,833; in-year balance +£43,703

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.4%62.3%
Social housing4.7%17.1%
Privately rented7%20.5%
Detached houses53.9%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.8%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 E01023228 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000126 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£360,000–£526,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (54)£536,000
Semi-detached (35)£395,000
Terraced (26)£323,000
Flat (11)£202,000

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 (3.86 km, 2024 entry): 1,496 sales, median £350,000. 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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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