Denmead Infant School

Denmead Infant School remains a good school, providing a happy and safe environment where pupils feel well supported. Relationships between pupils and staff are notably positive, fostering a sense of belonging and inclusivity. Teachers are committed to maintaining high behavior expectations, which contributes to excellent conduct in and around the school. The curriculum is well-structured, ensuring that children build upon their prior knowledge, although there is room for improvement in retaining subject-specific knowledge over time. The school's proactive approach to including students with special educational needs has also been acknowledged positively by parents.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and well looked after.
• Strong positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• High expectations for pupil behavior are consistently maintained.
• The curriculum is well-sequenced, building on prior knowledge.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Early reading instruction is effectively implemented.
• Pupils demonstrate highly motivated learning behaviours.
• Active engagement in their learning is encouraged through various initiatives.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils struggle to recall some subject-specific knowledge when asked.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Denmead Infant School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.8% of pupils at Denmead Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Denmead Infant School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.4% of pupils at Denmead Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Denmead Infant School received £6,862 and spent £6,988 for each of its 201 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £60,000 (£301 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Denmead Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Denmead Infant School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Denmead Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Denmead Infant School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Denmead Infant School have?

Denmead Infant School has 201 pupils on roll.

What age range does Denmead Infant School cover?

Denmead Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Denmead Infant School?

Denmead Infant School is at Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 6PN.