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Knightwood Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school

Bell Flower Way, Knightwood Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 4HW · knightwood.hants.sch.uk · 023 8026 1900

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
Key stage 2, 2024/25
65%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
395
98% of 405 places
Local authority
Hampshire
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
5.3%
First language not English
27.6%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.

For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 41 (Places 44)41September 2023: 36 (Places 37)36September 2024: 54 (Places 56)54September 2025: 50 (Places 43)50September 2026: 36 (Places 39)36Places 39
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202639360.9100%
September 2025Sept 202543501.2▲86%
September 2024Sept 202456541100%
September 2023Sept 202337361100%
September 2022Sept 202244410.9100%

Results

In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 80% (England 53%)80%2016/17: 85% (England 61%)85%2017/18: 78% (England 64%)78%2018/19: 80% (England 65%)80%2022/23: 71% (England 60%)71%2023/24: 65% (England 61%)65%2024/25: 65% (England 62%)65%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲65%62%
▼5%8%
Average scaled score
●107106
●106105
●106105

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Knightwood Primary School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
25 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
  • May 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (148 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
82%
Replies
148
37% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●83% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●85% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●83% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●86% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●78% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●77% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●51% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲81% agreeEngland 67%

based on 36 parents (24%) with SEND

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