Itchen Abbas Primary School

Itchen Abbas Primary School is performing well, demonstrating a good quality of education and a supportive environment for its pupils. The staff are committed to nurturing the students, helping them achieve academically while fostering their personal development. The school has robust systems in place for behavior management, and pupils report feeling safe and valued. The leadership team has infused new energy into the school, following significant staff changes, including a new headteacher this year. Overall, the school maintains high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), contributing to an inclusive atmosphere.

Strengths

• The school provides a warm and caring environment.
• High-quality support is offered to all pupils.
• An ambitious and well-structured curriculum is in place.
• Effective teaching of phonics leads to confident readers.
• Pupils are encouraged to work independently and take their learning seriously.
• Positive behavior systems are well-established and promote kindness.
• The personal development curriculum supports pupil well-being and understanding of diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasional tasks do not sharply focus on the most important learning.

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 Itchen Abbas Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 0.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Itchen Abbas Primary 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 Itchen Abbas Primary School had 11.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.8% 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, 9.7% of pupils at Itchen Abbas Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Itchen Abbas Primary School received £11,102 and spent £10,848 for each of its 62 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £129,000 (£2,076 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 Itchen Abbas Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Itchen Abbas Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Itchen Abbas Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Itchen Abbas Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Itchen Abbas Primary School have?

Itchen Abbas Primary School has 62 pupils on roll.

What age range does Itchen Abbas Primary School cover?

Itchen Abbas Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Itchen Abbas Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Itchen Abbas Primary School?

Itchen Abbas Primary School is at School Lane, Itchen Abbas, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1BE.