Holbrook Primary School, Gosport
Holbrook Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Gosport. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in March 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 11th-highest of the 16 schools in Gosport with published results, and 13,418th of 14,452 across England. It was 88% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hampshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Holbrook Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils at Holbrook Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Hampshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 80% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Holbrook Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Holbrook Primary School as their first choice and 47 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Holbrook Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Holbrook Primary School are Bedenham Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 46% reading, 50% maths); Peel Common Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 58% reading, 55% maths); Woodcot Primary School (0.4 miles, 75% reading, 75% maths); and King's Academy Rowner (0.7 miles, Good, 58% reading, 55% maths).
Holbrook Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Bedenham Primary SchoolPeel Common Primary SchoolWoodcot Primary SchoolKing's Academy Rowner
What parents say
95 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holbrook Primary School (as of September 2025): 39% would recommend the school, 55% say their child is happy there and 30% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (65%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (30%).
Who goes there
47.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Mixed (5%).
In 2026, 35 pupils (17.2%) received SEN support and 59 (29.1%) 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 autism.
Holbrook Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 36 places, 36 pupils on roll.
Staffing
Holbrook Primary School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Fareham Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ventnor Road (opposite), 150 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holbrook Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 137 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Holbrook Primary School issued 64 suspensions, 30.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Holbrook Primary School are Bridgemary School (0.1 miles), Crofton School (1.2 miles) and Fareham Academy (1.7 miles).
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; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from November 2019, 6 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
Holbrook Primary School creates a welcoming environment where every child feels valued and cared for. Teachers are particularly skilled at supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities, making sure they can access learning successfully. The school is also building strong reading skills through expert phonics teaching and continues to develop a rich curriculum that helps children understand important values like respect and resilience.
Key Strengths
- Excellent support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, with expert staff helping them learn successfully
- Strong teaching of phonics with all staff well-trained and consistent in their approach
- Broad and ambitious curriculum that identifies key knowledge and skills pupils need to learn
- Warm, caring relationships and effective pastoral support that contributes to positive behaviour
- Thoughtful personal development with trips, projects and visitors that enrich learning
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent use of subject-specific vocabulary by staff during lessons, meaning pupils struggle to recall and apply language accurately
- Some national test outcomes in phonics and end of key stage 2 have been lower than national averages
- Not all parents and carers fully understand the school's policies and changes made by the leadership team
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
House captains, reading champions, young governors, assemblies exploring British values and wider world issues, trips, projects, visitors, online safety learning
Holbrook Primary School is a Good school where pupils feel welcome and valued, with warm relationships between staff and pupils. The school has high aspirations for learning and provides effective pastoral support, though some national test outcomes have been lower than average.
At a Glance
47.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Autism
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
95 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 declined from 80% to 58% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 67% to 55% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 53% to 42% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
23.8
Avg class size
23.0
Infant (KS1)
24.7
KS2
6
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Holbrook Primary School
Before and after school care
Holbrook Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Hampshire
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Holbrook Primary School.
- Active8 Minds Bedenham Wraparound Care560m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Holbrook Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Holbrook 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
- 22
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 14 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle.
8 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
Your chances of a place at Holbrook Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
211 pupils
240 places
29 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Gosport
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Gosport
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: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
35
SEN Support
59
EHC Plans
46.3%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Holbrook Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 36 places, 36 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
203
Total Pupils
120
Boys
83
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
14
Teachers
14.5:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,626
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,044
Per pupil
£1532k
Total funding
£150k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
9.1%
Overall absence
22.5%
Persistent absence
200
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Holbrook Primary School
Questions parents ask about Holbrook Primary School
What are SATs results like at Holbrook Primary School?
Of the pupils at Holbrook Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 58% reached the expected standard in reading and 55% did so in maths.
What is Holbrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Holbrook Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in November 2019, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Holbrook Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Holbrook 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 Holbrook Primary School?
Holbrook Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 240 places.
How big are the classes at Holbrook Primary School?
Classes at Holbrook Primary School average 23.8 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Holbrook Primary School?
Holbrook Primary School has around 203 pupils on roll. 47% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Holbrook Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Holbrook Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 36 places, 36 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Holbrook Primary School?
9.1% of sessions were missed at Holbrook Primary School in 2024/25. 22.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Holbrook Primary School?
Apply through Hampshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Holbrook 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 Holbrook Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Holbrook Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Holbrook Primary School: Active8 Minds Bedenham Wraparound Care (560m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Holbrook Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 14 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle. 8 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 Holbrook Primary School?
Holbrook Primary School is at Wych Lane, Bridgemary, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 0JN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)