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Cadland Primary School

Primary · Holbury · SO45 2HW

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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 13 March 2023

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At a glance

379 pupils · 94% of 403 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
38.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.cadland.hants.sch.uk/
URN
134734

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 33 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 1.11 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

33 places offered · 32 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 (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.11 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

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

Cutoff by admission criterion (2022 entry)

Attending a linked infant school
0.17 miles

2022 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 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
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 peers62%
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
Alford Primary SchoolAlford · 181 miles awayGood (2016)72%
Norton Primary AcademyStockton-on-Tees · 259 miles awayGood (2019)78%
High View Primary Learning CentreBarnsley · 186 miles awayGood64%
Owston Park Primary AcademyDoncaster · 191 miles awayGood49%
All Saints Church of England Primary School, BexhillBexhill-on-Sea · 81 miles awayGood (2019)47%
Cranham Primary SchoolWorcester · 102 miles awayNo current grade60%
Brooke Primary AcademyDoncaster · 193 miles awayGood69%
Heathcoat Primary SchoolTiverton · 92 miles awayRequires improvement28%
Woodhall Primary SchoolSudbury · 124 miles awayGood78%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary AcademyNew Romney · 102 miles awayGood (2019)56%
Kanes Hill Primary SchoolSouthampton · 6 miles awayGood67%
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary SchoolSpalding · 152 miles awayGood41%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 1% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 3%

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.34 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
21
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)

47.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 20.4 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 £52,208; 13% 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£7,102
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£12,817; in-year balance +£63,371

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.5%62.3%
Social housing26.9%17.1%
Privately rented12.5%20.5%
Detached houses24%22.9%
Flats5.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023033 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£295,000205 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£264,000–£342,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (73)£365,000
Semi-detached (54)£295,000
Terraced (68)£263,000
Flat (10)£177,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.79 km, 2020 entry): 285 sales, median £307,500. 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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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