Petersfield Infant School
General Information
- Address: St Peter's Road, Petersfield, GU32 3HX – View on map
- Phone: 01730263048
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Crissy Hodgkinson
- Age range: 4-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 54 families put it first for 68 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 68 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the East Hampshire average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.7% a year (East Hampshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 54% moved to another school, 46% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Hampshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 15 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 16 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Hampshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,191 (2024-25)
8th of 9 infant schools in East Hampshire for spending per pupil
- #6Liphook Infant School£6,443
- #7Horndean Infant School£6,440
- #8Petersfield Infant School£6,191
- #9Bordon Infant School£4,101
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