Harefield Primary School

Harefield Primary School is currently assessed as requiring improvement following its first routine inspection since becoming an academy. The school has notable strengths in its leadership and management and has initiated plans to address variability in education quality. However, persistent issues with pupil behaviour and an underperforming early years provision are areas of concern that need addressing to enhance the overall educational experience for students.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and engaged in school.
• Strong support for pupils with complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Good leadership and management with a clear vision for improvement.
• Successful initiatives to improve reading and writing skills.
• Innovative strategies to support attendance amongst disadvantaged pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent behaviour management leading to disruptive learning environments.
• Pupils do not achieve as well as they should across the full curriculum.
• The early years provision requires urgent improvements.

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 Harefield Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.2% 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 Harefield 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 Harefield Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.0% 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, 21.9% of pupils at Harefield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 2024–25 Harefield Primary School received £6,820 and spent £6,970 for each of its 419 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £293,000 (£699 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Hamwic Education Trust, income was £7,058 and spending £7,015 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Harefield Primary School is part of Hamwic Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Glenfield Infant School Southampton
• Thornhill Primary School Southampton
• Townhill Infant School Southampton
• Beechwood Junior School Southampton
• Sholing Junior School Southampton
• Sholing Infant School Southampton
• Ludlow Infant Academy Southampton
• Weston Park Primary School Southampton
• Woolston Infant School Southampton
• Weston Secondary School Southampton

What is Harefield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harefield Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Harefield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Harefield Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Harefield Primary School have?

Harefield Primary School has 397 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harefield Primary School cover?

Harefield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

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

Where is Harefield Primary School?

Harefield Primary School is at Yeovil Chase, Southampton, Hampshire, SO18 5NZ.