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Red Barn Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Linden Lea, Portchester, Fareham PO16 8HJ · redbarnprimaryschool.co.uk · 01329 288011
On the mapSearch near PO16 8HJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.60 mi
- 0.97 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 206
- 98% of 211 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 11.7%
- First language not English
- 9.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.60 mi (966 m) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 76% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.60 mi0.97 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Red Barn Community Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Mar 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jul 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 48
- 23% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied