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Hart Plain Junior School

Primary · Waterlooville · PO8 8SA

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 June 2025

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At a glance

179 pupils · 75% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
51.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hartplain-jun.hants.sch.uk/
URN
116244

In figures

At its inspection on 17 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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: Year 3

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

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
47%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school47%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
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
Tyndale Primary SchoolYate · 75 miles awayGood41%
Wootey Junior SchoolAlton · 19 miles awayExpected standard67%
St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolKidderminster · 116 miles awayStrong standard75%
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary SchoolStockport · 181 miles awayGood47%
The Oak View AcademyWinsford · 171 miles awayGood71%
Longlands Primary SchoolMarket Drayton · 152 miles awayGood61%
Leys Farm Junior SchoolScunthorpe · 185 miles awayGood53%
Arlies Primary SchoolStalybridge · 185 miles awayGood37%
St. Edmund's Church of England Primary SchoolSevenoaks · 64 miles awayGood60%
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 197 miles awayGood55%
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolChester · 177 miles awayGood (2015)50%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary SchoolWigton · 286 miles awayGood91%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hampshire 0%, 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)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

18.96 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
15.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

97% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% left the state-funded sector

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)

73.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £47,869; 16.7% 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£9,546
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £339,053; in-year balance -£68,319

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.1%62.3%
Social housing0.8%17.1%
Privately rented9.2%20.5%
Detached houses53.8%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022931 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£340,000417 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£300,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (140)£399,000
Semi-detached (192)£330,500
Terraced (55)£275,000
Flat (30)£179,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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