The Petersfield School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Petersfield, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.77 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Petersfield School is a secondary school in Petersfield, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Petersfield 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 | 5.77 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 last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 5.77 miles away, the 9th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was further than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 323 first-choice applications for 274 offers; 274 offers went to first-choice families, and 49 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% reached 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
- Cranford Road, Petersfield, GU32 3LU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,401 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff feel proud to be a part of ‘Team TPS’.”
- “Pupils achieve very well academically and grow personally.”
- “In responding to our survey, parents praised the rounded education the school provides.”
To improve
- “The achievement of a small number of pupils with low attendance had a negative impact on the school’s overall progress measure in 2023.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 64% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56.4 | 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: 323 first-preference applications, 274 offers in total, 274 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.
- Horndean Technology College 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bohunt School 7.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Cowplain School 8.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Havant Academy 8.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakmoor School 8.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oaklands Catholic School 9.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crookhorn College 10.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warblington School 10.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published