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Whitewater Church of England Primary School

Primary · Hook · RG27 9BG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 6 December 2022

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At a glance

111 pupils · 79% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.whitewater.hants.sch.uk/
URN
116345

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 3.13 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

18 places offered · 16 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 3.13 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
39%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school39%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Bolham Community Primary SchoolTiverton · 112 miles awayNo current grade56%
Ann Cam Church of England Primary SchoolDymock · 78 miles awayGood67%
Denbury Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 129 miles awayGood31%
Thornford CofE Primary SchoolSherborne · 74 miles awayGood53%
Englefield C.E. Primary SchoolReading · 11 miles awayGood69%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolEssex · 106 miles awayGood53%
Preston Primary SchoolCanterbury · 95 miles awayOutstanding63%
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · 88 miles awayGood67%
Woolsery Primary SchoolBideford · 149 miles awayGood38%
Dunbury Church of England AcademyWinterborne Whitechurch · 65 miles awayGood45%
Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary AcademyMaldon · 83 miles awayGood65%
Gwinear Community Primary SchoolHayle · 206 miles awayGood56%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 4% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 4% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.03 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
19.8
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)

14.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £49,973; 16.7% 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£9,048
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£14,048; in-year balance +£3,285

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.4%62.3%
Social housing11%17.1%
Privately rented8.6%20.5%
Detached houses47.9%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022882 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£910,00019 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£772,500–£1,109,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£1,010,000
Semi-detached (5)£595,000

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

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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