St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Waterlooville, Hampshire·PO7 7BP
Composite score
61.2
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#3,592
National rank
#520
In South East
#81
In Hampshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
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
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
77%
73 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
1.26
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
133
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220221.3020231.2220241.2720251.262026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
437
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,719
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville is a primary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 437 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 73 first choices for 58 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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