The Petersfield School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
136903
Address
Cranford Road, GU32 3LU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1396 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.9%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.6%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 3.5%
Indian 1.1%
Other Asian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
African 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.4
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.86
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE61
BiologyGCSE86
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE86
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
DanceGCSE18
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Petersfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
271
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
350
2nd preference
122
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
271
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
279
143
136
Year 8
286
142
144
Year 9
287
146
141
Year 10
268
144
124
Year 11
276
113
163
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022