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East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary School

Primary · Petersfield · GU32 1NR

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 February 2025

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At a glance

80 pupils · 80% of 100 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
20% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.eastmeon.hants.sch.uk
URN
116284

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 3.92 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% 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: Reception

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

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.92 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
40%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
97
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 school40%
Median of its 12 closest peers49%
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
Germoe Community Primary SchoolPenzance · 200 miles awayGood45%
Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolKidlington · 61 miles awayGood (2016)56%
Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 95 miles awayGood31%
Longney Church of England Primary AcademyGloucester · 80 miles awayGood63%
Shotley Community Primary SchoolIpswich · 119 miles awayGood9%
Luddington & Garthorpe PrimaryScunthorpe · 183 miles awayGood83%
Cromford Church of England Primary SchoolMatlock · 148 miles awayGood29%
Shepeau Stow Primary SchoolSpalding · 124 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Wawne Primary SchoolHull · 197 miles awayGood47%
Enstone Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 66 miles awayGood78%
Clifton upon Teme Primary SchoolWorcester · 105 miles awayGood50%
Aldermaston C.E. Primary SchoolReading · 27 miles awayGood48%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%)

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)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
15.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

12.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 10 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 £47,734; 12.5% 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£9,299
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £77,535; in-year balance -£10,113

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.7%62.3%
Social housing17%17.1%
Privately rented15.3%20.5%
Detached houses41.3%22.9%
Flats8.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022592 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£550,00018 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£496,000–£744,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£822,500
Semi-detached (10)£532,500

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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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