Purbrook Park School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Waterlooville, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.53 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Purbrook Park School is a secondary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Purbrook Park 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.53 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 1.53 miles, about the same as in 2025, and 13th shortest of the 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 194 first-choice applications for 191 offers; 169 went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 479 Year 7 applications in 2026, 155 (32%) came from families living outside Hampshire, and 55 offers went to them.
- 2024/25 results: 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
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
- Park Avenue, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5DS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 921 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school is aspirational for all pupils, both academically and personally.”
- “Staff create inclusive classrooms so that all pupils can learn together effectively.”
- “Pupils achieve well generally, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “Historically, the numbers of pupils entering languages at GCSE, and therefore the English Baccalaureate, have been low.”
- “However, this is not consistent across the school.”
- “Consequently, most pupils, including pupils with SEND, learn the content of the curriculum well, but do not always practise connecting and applying their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 194 first-preference applications, 191 offers in total, 169 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Crookhorn College 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oaklands Catholic School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Cowplain School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Warblington School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Havant Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Horndean Technology College 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portchester Community School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cams Hill School 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published