Purbrook Park SchoolOaklands Catholic School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Waterlooville.

Summary of the comparison

Purbrook Park School and Oaklands Catholic School are secondary schools in Waterlooville.

  • Purbrook Park School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Oaklands Catholic School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average). Oaklands Catholic School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Purbrook Park School was judged Good and Oaklands Catholic School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.7 for Purbrook Park School and 52.3 for Oaklands Catholic School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Purbrook Park School (47.7 in 2021-22, 47.7 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Oaklands Catholic School (53.9 in 2021-22, 52.3 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Purbrook Park School versus Oaklands Catholic School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WaterloovillePurbrook Park SchoolWaterloovilleOaklands Catholic SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100C65/100Stronger figure
Local ranking28th of 69 in Hampshire 12th of 69 in Hampshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll912 1,367
Capacity848 1,340
LocationWaterlooville, PO7 5DS Waterlooville, PO7 7BW
GCSE results
Attainment 847.7 52.3 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths49.7% Stronger figure48.1% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths70.5% 73.6% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc17.9% 27.3% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.00 4.54 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort173 231
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported93
A-level average pointsNot reported33.0 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedC+
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported32.7 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported10.3% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census912 1,367
Free school meals (ever 6)21.5% 17.2%
English as an additional language2.4% 11.9%
SEN support12.4% 10.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.7% 2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence7.8% 5.5% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.0% 11.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Purbrook Park School

Oaklands Catholic School

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