Hambledon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Waterlooville, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.42 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hambledon Primary School is a primary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hambledon Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 4.42 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 4.42 miles away, the 11th longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020; it has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 18 offers; 18 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Lane, Hambledon, Waterlooville, PO7 4RT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils bubble over with enthusiasm about the warm welcome everyone receives at this school.”
- “Pupils enjoy school and feel safe.”
- “They overwhelmingly trust staff to help them with worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “For most subjects, this important knowledge is sequenced to build pupils’ understanding in a sensible order over time, although this is something that needs to be finished for the early years.”
- “However, on occasion, pupils are given work that does not develop their understanding effectively.”
- “In addition, sometimes, teachers do not ensure that all pupils focus fully on what they are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Denmead Infant School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Denmead Junior School 2.5 mi Some aspects not as strong
- Newtown Soberton Infant School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Catherington Church of England Infant School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodcroft Primary 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Droxford Junior School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Clanfield Junior School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Meonstoke Church of England Infant School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published