St Columba CE Primary School

Fareham · PO15 6LL

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 100 pupils, 39% FSM

Parent score Rate this school No reviews yet - be the first SEN 24% on SEN support Behaviour 4.8% absence rate Staff 34.4% turnover Financials £10,618 per pupil Environment Buildings and facilities

We haven't asked this school for its behaviour and staffing figures yet. Sign up to tell us you'd like them, and we'll email you when they arrive.

Notify me

Your email address

Leave this empty

We'll email you a link to confirm first. Your address is only used for news about this school, and every email has a link to stop them. Privacy

St Columba CE Primary School

General Information

Address: Tewkesbury Avenue, Fareham, PO15 6LL – View on map
Phone: 01329843226
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Lisa Hardy
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 15 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

100 pupils out of 210 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 39
% eligible for free school meals: 39.0%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Fareham average)
English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 34.4% a year (Fareham 13%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 4.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 10.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 24.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

Parent score - no reviews yet –

Be the first to review — win £100 of books for your school Every honest review enters you into our prize draw

Behaviour

–

Openness

–

Teaching Quality

–

School Ethos

–

Ability to Deal with Problems

–

Headteacher Approval

–

SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

–

Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.

–

Would recommend –

Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Fareham average (68%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 41% against an expected 50%)
3-year average (expected standard): 41%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 80% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 100
Based on: 10 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolFareham averageEngland↗ Improving Up 49 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 12 percentage points above the Fareham average (68%).

Year 6 SATs: 2nd of 22 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy84%
#2St Columba CE Primary School80%
=3Harrison Primary School79%
=3Ranvilles Junior School79%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy84%
#2St Columba CE Primary School80%
=3Harrison Primary School79%
=3Ranvilles Junior School79%
#5St Anthony's Catholic Primary School76%
#6Uplands Primary School75%
#7Wicor Primary School71%
=8Locks Heath Junior School70%
=8Titchfield Primary School70%
=8Whiteley Primary School70%
=11Orchard Lea Junior School69%
=11Sarisbury Church of England Junior School69%
=11St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School69%
=14Castle Primary School68%
=14Crofton Hammond Junior School68%
=14St Jude's Catholic Primary School68%
#17Redlands Primary School67%
#18Wallisdean Junior School61%
#19Northern Junior School58%
#20Red Barn Community Primary School52%
#21Park Gate Primary School51%
#22Crofton Anne Dale Junior School48%

View full Ofsted inspection report

8th of 13 primary schools in Fareham for Ofsted rating

#6Hook-With-Warsash Church of England AcademyGood
#7Park Gate Primary SchoolGood
#8St Columba CE Primary SchoolGood
#9St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10St Jude's Catholic Primary SchoolGood

Click to see the full ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Harrison Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Red Barn Community Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Redlands Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Whiteley Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Castle Primary SchoolGood
#6Hook-With-Warsash Church of England AcademyGood
#7Park Gate Primary SchoolGood
#8St Columba CE Primary SchoolGood
#9St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10St Jude's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#11Titchfield Primary SchoolGood
#12Uplands Primary SchoolGood
#13Wicor Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £10,618 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

1st of 14 primary schools in Fareham for spending per pupil

#1St Columba CE Primary School£10,618
#2St Anthony's Catholic Primary School£7,856
#3St Jude's Catholic Primary School£7,509

Click to see the full ranking

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1St Columba CE Primary School£10,618
#2St Anthony's Catholic Primary School£7,856
#3St Jude's Catholic Primary School£7,509
#4Harrison Primary School£6,460
#5St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School£6,274
#6Titchfield Primary School£6,266
#7Castle Primary School£6,211
#8Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy£6,150
#9Redlands Primary School£6,074
#10Park Gate Primary School£6,031
#11Red Barn Community Primary School£6,015
#12Uplands Primary School£5,971
#13Wicor Primary School£5,894
#14Whiteley Primary School£5,719

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

Have you rated St Columba CE Primary School yet? Your experience helps other parents.

Rate this school