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Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy

Primary · Southampton · SO31 9GD

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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 13 September 2023

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At a glance

421 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hookwithwarsash.co.uk
URN
138719

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 62 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.05 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 September 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, 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

1.05 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 62 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
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
Shotley Bridge Primary SchoolConsett · 279 miles awayGood59%
St Lukes CofE Primary SchoolCannock · 131 miles awayStrong standard79%
Newcroft Primary AcademyLoughborough · 132 miles awayOutstanding88%
Great Totham Primary SchoolMaldon · 107 miles awayGood82%
Ings Farm Primary SchoolRedcar · 260 miles awayGood62%
Scholes (Elmet) Primary SchoolLeeds · 206 miles awayGood74%
Knowle Church of England Primary AcademySolihull · 108 miles awayGood73%
Methley Primary SchoolLeeds · 200 miles awayGood56%
Cullercoats Primary SchoolNorth Shields · 289 miles awayExpected standard67%
Lostock Hall Community Primary SchoolPreston · 207 miles awayGood68%
Halling Primary SchoolRochester · 83 miles awayGood71%
Cestria Primary SchoolChester le Street · 277 miles awayGood74%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.7%
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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.7 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 £52,404; 13.6% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,150
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 10% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £154,000; in-year balance -£171,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher40.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81%62.3%
Social housing3.9%17.1%
Privately rented14.8%20.5%
Detached houses47.2%22.9%
Flats19.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022791 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£456,000264 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£618,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (150)£585,000
Semi-detached (60)£400,000
Terraced (24)£317,500
Flat (30)£247,000

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

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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an 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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