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Cherbourg Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Cherbourg Road, Eastleigh SO50 5QF · cherbourg.org.uk · 023 8061 2557
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 347
- 87% of 400 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 43 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 43 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Cherbourg Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 16 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 54
- 14% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (31%) with SEND