Peel Common Primary School
The Drive, Rowner, Gosport, PO13 0QDOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Peel Common Primary School is a primary school in Gosport for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 600 schools in Hampshire. It ranks 16th of 16 primary schools in Gosport. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025, report published 21 May 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 29 April 2025
Leaders make a point of being on the gate in the morning to welcome families to what for many is a new school. Pupils are greeted at the classroom door by staff's friendly smiles. From Nursery upwards, they are pleased to see familiar adults and their classmates and look forward to the day ahead. Pupils who find the start of the day tricky are sensitively scooped up and supported to settle. The simple motto 'kind hands, kind feet and kind words' helps pupils of all ages to remember how they should behave towards each other. Praise for being 'ready to learn', making an 'excellent effort' or being 'a star' encourages good learning habits. Typically, pupils are kind to each other and respectful, and classrooms are calm and purposeful. Children get off to a strong start in the Nursery. This is not, though, sustained consistently through the school. Some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have not been supported well enough in the past. The school is at an early stage of designing a curriculum that plots pupils' learning all the way from early years up to Year 6. There is more to do to nurture pupils' personal and social development too.
What the school should improve
- Work to develop all-through curriculums in subjects beyond English and mathematics is at an early stage. Currently, pupils' learning is not sequenced well enough over time. The school must make sure that it maintains the momentum to design and embed curriculums from early years through to Year 6 so that pupils' knowledge and skills build systematically.
- Teaching is variable across the school. At times, it is not ambitious enough for pupils. Activities and questioning are not sufficiently focused on the intended learning. Consequently, pupils do not learn as well as they might. The school needs to improve teachers' understanding of where pupils should be academically and how best to deliver what is planned for the range of needs in their class.
- Developing a personal development programme from early years upwards is in its infancy. Pupils do not have a good understanding of the world beyond where they live or of different religions. They lack resilience at times. The school should make sure that it implements its plans to overhaul the personal, social and health education curriculum and keeps a watchful eye on its impact.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
33 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
178 pupils on roll, with places for 220
Schools near Peel Common Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holbrook Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 42% met the expected standard |
| Woodcot Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | 42% met the expected standard |
| Bedenham Primary School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 38% met the expected standard |
| Rowner Infant School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| King's Academy Rowner | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | 43% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Dudley
- Phone
- 01329281206
- Address
- The Drive, Rowner, Gosport, PO13 0QD
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- URN
- 116175
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.