Mill Rythe Infant School

Mill Rythe Infant School maintains its status as a good school, characterized by a vibrant and engaging atmosphere where pupils thrive both academically and socially. Leaders have effectively navigated staffing changes and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that new staff feel supported within a strong community ethos. The school's curriculum is coherently sequenced, providing pupils with outdoor learning opportunities and a focus on early reading through a new phonics program. Although there are areas identified for improvement, the overall educational environment promotes respect, safety, and a willingness to learn among the pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a vibrant and happy atmosphere.
• Effective outdoor learning opportunities enhance personal and academic development.
• Strong community spirit and charity involvement among pupils.
• Supportive leadership during staffing changes and post-pandemic recovery.
• Well-structured and sequenced curriculum in the early years.
• Ambitious development plans from school leaders.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent classroom activities sometimes lead to a mismatch with the curriculum.
• Variation in applying behaviour policy can affect pupil behaviour consistency.

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 Mill Rythe Infant School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Mill Rythe 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 Mill Rythe Infant School had 14.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 18.9% of pupils at Mill Rythe Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Mill Rythe Infant School received £8,219 and spent £8,818 for each of its 127 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £46,000 (£365 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 Mill Rythe Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mill Rythe Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Mill Rythe Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mill Rythe Infant School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Mill Rythe Infant School have?

Mill Rythe Infant School has 127 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mill Rythe Infant School cover?

Mill Rythe Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Mill Rythe Infant School?

Mill Rythe Infant School is at Havant Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0PA.