Halterworth Primary School

Halterworth Primary School has received a 'Good' rating in its first routine inspection under the current framework, reflecting positive educational standards across various domains. Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm for learning, a commitment to academic success, and show significant achievement in core subjects due to a well-structured curriculum. The school is committed to fostering a supportive environment, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued, with strong community backing from parents and guardians. Despite its strengths, the school faces challenges in consistently delivering its curriculum, particularly in a small number of foundation subjects, where development is needed to enhance coherence and effectiveness. Additionally, variability in the personal, social, health, and economic education (PSHE) curriculum is noted, as some pupils struggle to effectively retain and apply their learning to real-life situations. Leaders have clear plans for improvement, aiming to address these areas going forward.

Strengths

• Pupils are excited to attend school and express their learning creatively.
• Strong achievement in core subjects and priority areas in the curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• A diverse range of extracurricular opportunities that nurture talents.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff, promoting a culture of safety and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the planning and delivery of some foundation subjects.
• Variability in the effectiveness of the PSHE curriculum, affecting pupil retention of learning.

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 Halterworth Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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 Halterworth 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 Halterworth Primary School had 22.8 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, 10.8% of pupils at Halterworth Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Halterworth Primary School received £6,419 and spent £6,090 for each of its 441 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£153 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of University of Winchester Academy Trust, income was £6,498 and spending £6,107 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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All schools in Romsey · Hampshire local authority: places and applications

Halterworth Primary School is part of University of Winchester Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Awbridge Primary School Romsey
• Wellow Primary School Romsey
• Stoneham Park Primary Academy Eastleigh
• Barton Farm Primary Academy Winchester
• Orchard Infant School Southampton
• Droxford Junior School Southampton
• North Waltham Primary School Basingstoke

What is Halterworth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Halterworth Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Halterworth Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Halterworth Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Halterworth Primary School have?

Halterworth Primary School has 437 pupils on roll.

What age range does Halterworth Primary School cover?

Halterworth Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Halterworth Primary School?

Halterworth Primary School is at Halterworth Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9AD.