Harting CofE Primary School

Harting CofE Primary is a nurturing, values-led school where pupils are happy and behaviour is positive. Inspectors found the school has improved since its previous inspection and judged all key areas—quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years—to be good, although no overall effectiveness grade is given under current arrangements. Pupils achieve well in a broad, ambitious curriculum that begins in Reception, and reading and support for pupils with SEND are particular strengths. Attendance is high, safeguarding is effective, and parents, staff and governors speak positively about the school. Leaders have made significant improvements, but two areas need further work. The personal development offer does not yet consistently build pupils’ understanding of different faiths and cultures, and pupils’ grasp of democracy is not always age-appropriate. In some subjects the curriculum is new and not consistently delivered as leaders intend; occasionally language modelling is imprecise, and in mathematics pupils do not regularly use reasoning. The school is aware of these issues and has plans to address them.

Strengths

• Nurturing community with strong values of love and respect
• Pupils are happy and behave positively around school and in lessons
• Broad and ambitious curriculum from early years, logically sequenced
• Strong phonics and reading provision with well-trained staff
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, including early identification
• High attendance and quick support for families
• Strong personal development through clubs, trips and PSHE
• Effective governors and supportive leadership of staff workload and wellbeing
• Parents are overwhelmingly positive about education and care
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Brass band and enrichment opportunities engage the whole school community

Areas for Improvement

• Personal development does not consistently build understanding of different faiths and cultures
• Pupils’ understanding of democracy is not always age-appropriate
• Some new curriculums are not delivered as leaders intend
• Language modelling is occasionally imprecise
• In mathematics, pupils do not regularly use reasoning
• Curriculum implementation needs greater consistency across subjects

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 Harting CofE Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.4% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Harting CofE 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 Harting CofE Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.8% 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, 19.6% of pupils at Harting CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Harting CofE Primary School received £8,089 and spent £8,602 for each of its 97 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £39,000 (-£398 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 Harting CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harting CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Harting CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Harting CofE Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Harting CofE Primary School have?

Harting CofE Primary School has 97 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harting CofE Primary School cover?

Harting CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Harting CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harting CofE Primary School?

Harting CofE Primary School is at Tipper Lane, South Harting, Hampshire, GU31 5QT.