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Harestock Primary School

Primary · Winchester · SO22 6LU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 29 June 2023

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At a glance

177 pupils · 68% of 259 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.harestock.co.uk
URN
116241

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2020 entry)

Other catchment
0.43 miles

2020 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
The Wroxham SchoolPotters Bar · 65 miles awayGood77%
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery SchoolTunbridge Wells · 69 miles awayExpected standard67%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary AcademyBury · 182 miles awayGood65%
Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolAbingdon · 41 miles awayGood43%
Allesley Hall Primary SchoolCoventry · 93 miles awayNeeds attention55%
Kingswood Primary SchoolTadworth · 50 miles awayGood62%
Merstham Primary SchoolRedhill · 53 miles awayGood34%
Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary SchoolWallingford · 38 miles awayNeeds attention48%
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolWigan · 178 miles awayGood60%
How Wood Primary and Nursery SchoolSt Albans · 61 miles awayGood62%
Widmer End Community Combined SchoolHigh Wycombe · 48 miles awayGood74%
Greenvale Primary SchoolSouth Croydon · 58 miles awayGood75%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.45 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,008; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,554
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £210,748; in-year balance +£16,014

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.4%62.3%
Social housing6.2%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses33.5%22.9%
Flats0.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023240 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£554,000324 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£395,000–£798,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (126)£799,000
Semi-detached (84)£517,500
Terraced (55)£410,000
Flat (59)£310,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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