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Purbrook Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Aldermoor Road East, Purbrook, Waterlooville PO7 5NQ · purbrook-inf.hants.sch.uk · 023 9261 0761
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Last distance offered
- 1.34 mi
- 2.16 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 270
- At capacity · 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.6%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.34 mi (2.16 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 87 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 89 | 87 | 1 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 110 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 93 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 128 | 1.5▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 85 | 83 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.34 mi2.16 km | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Purbrook Infant School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 7 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (52 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 52
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied