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St Columba CE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 100Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 147701URN

Tewkesbury Avenue, Fareham, PO15 6LL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.2 below Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

27 applications for 15 places · 184th of 287 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
80%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 4 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.2 below Hampshire median (2.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.3; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Hampshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Hampshire median

Dashed bars: as St Columba Church of England Primary Academy (URN 138509), Oak Meadow Church of England Controlled Primary School (URN 131419), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202615271.8151.00
Sep 202517261.5140.82
Sep 202412191.6110.92
Sep 202313191.5131.00
Sep 202216211.3140.88
Sep 202110131.380.80
Sep 202015201.380.53
Sep 2019 *27381.4230.85
Sep 2018 *23311.4210.91
Sep 2017 *27361.3240.89
Sep 2016 *26411.6190.73
Sep 2015 *23311.4190.83
Sep 2014 *28361.3270.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 80% · Maths 80% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%30th of 300 in Hampshire
Reading
Expected standard90%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard80%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard80%
Higher standard10%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2580%0%105100
2023/2428%6%9996
2022/2331%0%103100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
147701 · 850/2058
Trust
Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 100 on roll
Free school meals
39.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2020
Replaced
St Columba Church of England Primary Academy (URN 138509); Oak Meadow Church of England Controlled Primary School (URN 131419)
Address
Tewkesbury Avenue, Fareham, PO15 6LL
Local authority
Hampshire · Fareham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources