Longparish Church of England Primary School

Longparish Church of England Primary School is a small, nurturing village primary that provides a rich, well-rounded education. Parents describe it as a nurturing and inspiring place, and inspectors found calm, industrious classrooms where pupils are captivated by their learning and achieve well. The school's values of excellence, friendship and respect are evident across school life, and pupils benefit from an idyllic setting and outdoor resources, including the new River House, that widen their horizons.

Strengths

• Nurturing, inspiring environment underpinned by excellence, friendship and respect.
• Impressive pupil behaviour and calm, industrious classrooms.
• Pupils are captivated by learning and achieve well.
• Strong early years provision with careful transition and tailored support.
• Highly effective early reading curriculum and sensitive support for pupils who need extra help.
• Personal development is prioritised through the sports, health and well-being curriculum.
• Pupils take leadership roles seriously and develop mature understanding of local and global issues.
• Skilful teaching and a well-designed curriculum from Year 1 upwards.
• Staff are alert to pupils with SEND and tailor support to individuals and groups.
• Well-considered professional development and attention to staff well-being.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Idyllic setting and outdoor resources, including River House, enrich pupils' experience.

Areas for Improvement

• Standards in writing have not been as high as in reading, although improvements are underway.
• Recall and retrieval strategies beyond English and mathematics are not precise enough.
• Pupils cannot always bring important subject content to mind easily.

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 Longparish Church of England Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.4% 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 Longparish Church of England 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 Longparish Church of England Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Longparish Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Longparish Church of England Primary School received £7,854 and spent £7,595 for each of its 104 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£383 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 Longparish Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longparish Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Longparish Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Longparish Church of England Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Longparish Church of England Primary School have?

Longparish Church of England Primary School has 104 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longparish Church of England Primary School cover?

Longparish Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Longparish Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Longparish Church of England Primary School?

Longparish Church of England Primary School is at Longparish, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6PB.