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Purbrook Park School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.13 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.7[5] 49.7%[5]
2023/24 47[3] 45.1%[3] +0.13[3]
2022/23 42.5[6] 33%[6] -0.12[6]
2021/22 47.7[7] 44%[7] +0.08[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
2% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
70% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[8]
Employment
7% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[9] 4%[9] 1%[9] 80%[9] 4%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 94%[10] 1%[10] 3%[10] 75%[10] 10%[10] 6%[10]
2019/20 93%[11] 2%[11] 9%[11] 74%[11] 3%[11] 4%[11]
2018/19 93%[12] 1%[12] 7%[12] 74%[12] 9%[12] 2%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Nov 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
18 Jan 2024[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Apr 2018[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
479 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
194 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
191 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 451[15] 217[15] 192[15] 2.3[15] 1.1[15]
Entry Sept 2024 463[15] 180[15] 184[15] 2.5[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2023 502[15] 244[15] 166[15] 3.0[15] 1.5[15]
Entry Sept 2022 442[15] 243[15] 169[15] 2.6[15] 1.4[15]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number)
174 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
848[1]
Trust
The Purbrook Park Learning Trust[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.purbrookparkschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Havant[17]
Postcode
PO7 5DS[1]
URN
116506[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
912 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
2.4% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
12.4% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
3.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.5% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.1%[19]
Mixed
4%[19]
Asian
1.6%[19]
Black
0.4%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.2%[19]
Unclassified
2.6%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. purbrookparkschool.co.uk: purbrookparkschool.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    HCC will co-ordinate first all those applications received by the published deadline o f midnight on 31 October 2026. (p. 2)
    The published admission number (PAN) for Purbrook Park School for 2027-2028 is 174. (p. 2)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.