Purbrook Park School, Waterlooville

In its own words: "Children must be safe at school, and then they must be happy at school, so that they can work as hard as they can and do as well as they can. At Purbrook Park, we pride ourselves on delivering the best quality teaching which is personalised for every individual child."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2026, pupils at Purbrook Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 47.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.13: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.1, against 46 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Art and Design, Religious Studies and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 194 families put Purbrook Park School as their first choice and 479 named it as one of their preferences, for 191 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 25 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Purbrook Park School are Crookhorn College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3); Oaklands Catholic School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 48.9); Springfield School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.4); and Park Community School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 27.7).

Purbrook Park School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Purbrook Park School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 70% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Cosham Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Purbrook Park School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Purbrook Park School issued 7 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Purbrook Park School are Morelands Primary School (0.4 miles), Purbrook Infant School (0.6 miles), Purbrook Junior School (0.6 miles) and Solent Infant School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.