Gomer Infant School

Gomer Infant School is a community infant school in Gosport for pupils aged 4 to 7. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspectors found an effective, ambitious school where pupils are eager to attend, feel safe and achieve well. Personal development is a standout strength, with a broad and purposeful programme of trips, events and pupil leadership, plus specialist provision for pupils from service families developed with the Royal Navy.

Strengths

• Personal development provision is exceptional, with purposeful trips, events and pupil leadership opportunities.
• The school has developed coherent specialist support for pupils from service family backgrounds.
• The curriculum is ambitious and broad, with clear sequencing from Reception onwards.
• Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and supported effectively.
• Reading is a high priority, with clear phonics systems and pupils exceeding the national average in the phonics screening check.
• Attendance is strong because staff track attendance rigorously and act on the information.
• Pupils behave well, feel safe and trust adults to resolve their worries.
• Leadership is effective, with highly informed governors and accurate self-evaluation.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Staff feel part of a team and well looked after.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching does not consistently reflect the planned curriculum precisely across subjects and classes.
• Checking of pupils' understanding is variable, so some pupils do not learn as well as they could.
• Some pupils occasionally lose concentration in lessons.

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 Gomer Infant School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Gomer 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 Gomer Infant School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.4% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Gomer Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 Gomer Infant School received £7,358 and spent £7,225 for each of its 168 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £63,000 (£376 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 Gomer Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Gomer Infant School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Gomer Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Gomer Infant School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Gomer Infant School have?

Gomer Infant School has 168 pupils on roll.

What age range does Gomer Infant School cover?

Gomer Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Gomer Infant School?

Gomer Infant School is at Pyrford Close, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2RP.