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Micheldever CofE Primary School

Primary · Winchester · SO21 3DB

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 6 October 2026

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At a glance

78 pupils · 74% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
34.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.micheldever.hants.sch.uk
URN
133292

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 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. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 16.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
29%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
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 school29%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
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
Sporle Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn · 135 miles awayGood38%
Helpringham Primary AcademySleaford · 131 miles awayGood60%
Fiskerton Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 149 miles awayGood75%
Murrow Primary AcademyWisbech · 117 miles awayExpected standard47%
Heacham Junior SchoolKing's Lynn · 142 miles awayGood (2019)64%
Middleton Community Primary SchoolMatlock · 135 miles awayExpected standard78%
St Nicholas CofE Primary School, HenstridgeTemplecombe · 50 miles awayRequires improvement57%
Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolLincoln · 142 miles awayGood44%
Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 97 miles awayNeeds attention46%
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, PointonSleaford · 125 miles awayGood56%
Oakthorpe Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 109 miles awayGood50%
Blakeney Primary SchoolBlakeney · 67 miles awayRequires improvement17%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 9% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%) · Not recorded 8% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 8% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 3% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
16.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
36%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

25.33 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
13.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school

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)

27.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £45,826; 9.1% 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£11,332
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 20% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 15% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £40,566; in-year balance -£95,574

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.2%62.3%
Social housing11.3%17.1%
Privately rented18.5%20.5%
Detached houses35.7%22.9%
Flats5.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023288 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£671,00014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£607,500–£780,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£722,500

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