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Harefield Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Yeovil Chase, Southampton SO18 5NZ · harefieldprimaryschool.net · 023 8046 3240
On the mapSearch near SO18 5NZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southampton 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 397
- 95% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 43.3%
- First language not English
- 27.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 39 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
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Southampton it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Harefield Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Feb 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 68%
- Replies
- 31
- 8% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 68% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (32%) with SEND