Hambledon Primary School, Waterlooville
Hambledon Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Waterlooville. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2014. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in March 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 2nd-highest of the 14 schools in Waterlooville with published results, and 3,694th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.4 first-choice applications for every place. It was 98% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2014)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hampshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Hambledon Primary School in detail
Hambledon Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At Hambledon we believe in providing every child with a well-rounded education which motivates them to achieve highly and makes learning fun. We are a happy, rural village school and we pride ourselves on our school family ethos - where every child really does matter!"
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include cricket, choir, guitar and recorder.
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils at Hambledon Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Hampshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 75% in reading and 58% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Hambledon Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Hambledon Primary School as their first choice and 51 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Hambledon Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hambledon Primary School are Denmead Infant School (2.4 miles, Good); Denmead Junior School (2.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 61% maths); Newtown Soberton Infant School (2.7 miles, Good); and Catherington Church of England Infant School (3.1 miles, Good).
Denmead Infant SchoolDenmead Junior SchoolNewtown Soberton Infant SchoolCatherington Church of England Infant School
What parents say
55 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hambledon Primary School (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 55% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (55%).
Who goes there
8.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 6 pupils (6.3%) received SEN support and 9 (9.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Hambledon Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Gardens (adjacent), 320 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72).
Suspensions and exclusions
Hambledon Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from October 2014, 12 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's March 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Hambledon Primary creates a genuinely warm and welcoming environment where children develop both academically and personally. The school excels at supporting all learners, particularly those with additional needs, and has successfully improved mathematics achievement through structured teaching. Children leave with strong reading skills, positive attitudes to learning, and a mature understanding of respect, inclusion and online safety.
Key Strengths
- Pupils feel safe and enthusiastic about attending school with a warm, inclusive community
- Strong phonics programme and approach to reading with regular checks to identify pupils needing support
- Excellent support for pupils with special educational needs enabling them to access the curriculum effectively
- Pupils develop positive character traits like resilience and have mature understanding of online safety and healthy relationships
- Mathematics teaching has improved pupils' achievement through carefully structured approach
Areas for Improvement
- Some teaching strategies do not always help pupils learn as effectively as they could, and teachers' subject knowledge needs strengthening
- Too many pupils, including the most vulnerable, are persistently absent from school which impacts their progress
- Curriculum sequencing for early years still needs to be completed
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong safeguarding culture and pupil wellbeing prioritised.
Extracurricular Activities
Cooking club, football club, theatre visits, museum visits, trips to London, residential visits, author and storyteller visits, teaching sign language to church choir, entertainment at village lunch club, breakfast club
Hambledon Primary School is a welcoming community where pupils enjoy learning and behave well. The school provides a broad curriculum with strong support for reading and pupils with special educational needs.
At a Glance
8.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
55 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 75% to 92% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 58% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 85% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
23.8
Avg class size
22.0
Infant (KS1)
25.5
KS2
4
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Hambledon Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Hambledon Primary School.
- ActiveMe 360 CIC @ Hambledon Primary SchoolAt the school · Not yet graded
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Hambledon Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Hambledon Primary School is in Hampshire; for families living there:
Apply to Hampshire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Hampshire is 9 (the median across 617 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
103 pupils
105 places
2 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Waterlooville
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Waterlooville
Across Hampshire council
Places available
15,642
Applications
12,982
Got 1st preference
93.4%
Got preferred school
98.9%
All primary applications across Hampshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(5)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
6
SEN Support
9
EHC Plans
15.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
95
Total Pupils
51
Boys
44
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
6
Teachers
15.8:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£53,659
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,409
Per pupil
£715k
Total funding
£17k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.5%
Overall absence
16.0%
Persistent absence
94
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Hambledon Primary School
What are SATs results like at Hambledon Primary School?
Of the pupils at Hambledon Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 92% reached the expected standard in reading and 77% did so in maths.
What is Hambledon Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Hambledon Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in October 2014, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Hambledon Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Hambledon Primary School is oversubscribed, Hampshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Hambledon Primary School?
Hambledon Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 98% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Hambledon Primary School?
Classes at Hambledon Primary School average 23.8 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Hambledon Primary School?
Hambledon Primary School has around 95 pupils on roll. 8% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Hambledon Primary School?
6.5% of sessions were missed at Hambledon Primary School in 2024/25. 16% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Hambledon Primary School?
Apply through Hampshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Hambledon Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Hambledon Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: ActiveMe 360 CIC @ Hambledon Primary School (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Hambledon Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hampshire is 9 (the median across 617 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hambledon Primary School?
Hambledon Primary School is at Church Lane, Hambledon, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 4RT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)