Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Hook, Hampshire·RG27 0LX
Composite score
72.5
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#1,438
National rank
#198
In South East
#27
In Hampshire
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
70%
40 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.43
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
37%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0720221.2820231.6020241.4020251.432026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary School yet. Hampshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
215
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,088
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary School

Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Hook, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 215 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 40 first choices for 28 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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