OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
21 January 2025
Latest published outcome
Not judged
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Hampshire
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
203
203 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
77
37.9% of pupils
Male pupils
126
62.1% of pupils
16.1 pts
above England
School
40.9%
Gosport
30.4%
South East
19.0%
England
24.8%
14.4 pts
below England
School
5.9%
Gosport
6.8%
South East
15.6%
England
20.3%
0.5 pts
below England
School
0.5%
Gosport
5.4%
South East
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
3.4%
7
Any other Asian background
1.0%
2
Any other Mixed background
1.0%
2
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
42.4%
86 of
203 pupils
21.5 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
22.2%
45 pupils
England
14.8%
7.4 pts
above
EHC plans
20.2%
41 pupils
England
6.0%
14.2 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
35
Speech, language & communication
21
Moderate learning difficulty
15
Autistic spectrum disorder
6
Specific learning difficulty
6
Other difficulty or disability
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.47%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.75 pts
lower than
England
School
5.47%
Gosport
6.28%
South East
6.30%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
16.06%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
0.25 pts
higher than
England
School
16.06%
Gosport
16.01%
South East
15.75%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.55%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.25 pts
lower than
England
School
1.55%
Gosport
2.00%
South East
1.93%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
87.1%
1.1 pts
below England
Bedenham Primary School
87.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.