Warren Park Primary School

Warren Park Primary School is a happy, inclusive and welcoming school where pupils are confident and behave exceptionally well. Personal development is a standout strength: pupils engage enthusiastically with the school’s COSMIC programme, learn how to stay safe, and show kindness and respect across the school day. Relationships between pupils and staff are exceptionally positive, and pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported skilfully. The school’s leadership and governance are strong. Governors know the school well, support and challenge leaders robustly, and staff feel valued and well supported with workload. Reading and early years provision are particularly effective, attendance is a high priority, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum is carefully designed overall, with art and PSHE especially well embedded. However, the quality of education is not yet consistently strong across all subjects. In some subjects, activities do not consistently help pupils deepen their knowledge, and some staff do not check understanding or address errors and misconceptions precisely enough. As a result, some pupils, including in writing, are not achieving as well as they could by the end of key stage 2. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2013; under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade was given.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, confident and demonstrate the school’s values such as independence, resilience and respect.
• The COSMIC personal development programme is exceptional and teaches pupils about first aid, fitness, mental health and online safety.
• Behaviour is impeccable from Reception onwards, with no low-level disruption in lessons.
• Pupils have exceptionally positive relationships with staff and show kindness and respect at breaktimes and breakfast club.
• The school has a positive and highly inclusive culture.
• Pupils with SEND have their needs identified quickly and staff adjust teaching skilfully.
• The curriculum is strong and carefully designed, with art and PSHE particularly well embedded.
• Reading is a clear strength, with well-trained staff, effective phonics and strong support for pupils who fall behind.
• Early years provision is planned effectively, with secure staff subject knowledge and children who are captivated by their learning.
• Governance is robust, staff feel supported with workload, and attendance strategies are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not check what pupils know and can do as consistently and effectively as possible.
• Some staff do not address pupils’ errors and misconceptions precisely enough.
• Some activity choices do not give pupils enough opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding.
• Curriculum implementation is not consistently strong across all subjects.
• In a few subject areas, such as writing, some pupils are not achieving as well as they could by the end of key stage 2.

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 Warren Park Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% 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 Warren Park 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 Warren Park Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.2% 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, 26.6% of pupils at Warren Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% 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 Warren Park Primary School received £7,783 and spent £7,496 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £308,000 (£739 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 Warren Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Warren Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Warren Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Warren Park Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Warren Park Primary School have?

Warren Park Primary School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Warren Park Primary School cover?

Warren Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Warren Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Warren Park Primary School?

Warren Park Primary School is at Sandleford Road, Leigh Park, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 4LR.