King's Academy Rowner

About King's Academy Rowner

Just over half of parents at King's Academy Rowner would recommend the school to other families, according to the most recent parent view data. The school is oversubscribed, with 208 pupils on roll against a capacity of 256, suggesting it is a popular choice among local families in Gosport. This is a state primary for mixed genders, catering for children aged 7 to 11, and it sits within the Hampshire local authority. The headteacher is Georgina Mulhall. The school does not have a religious character, and around half of its pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly above the national average. The school has a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in October 2022, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2018. Inspectors rated personal development as Outstanding, with behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and the quality of education all judged to be Good.

Academically, King's Academy Rowner faces challenges. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, just 34% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Hampshire local authority average of 61%. This places the school 16th out of 17 primary schools in Gosport, and in the bottom 5% nationally. Individual subject scores show 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 52% in maths, and 52% in writing. Higher attainment is low: 16% achieved the higher standard in reading, 7% in maths, and just 2% in writing. No pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 101 in reading and 99 in maths, both slightly below the national benchmark of 100. Progress scores are not available for this school, so it is not possible to compare how pupils' progress measures up against similar schools.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, dining hall, sensory room, forest school area, ICT suite, playing fields, outdoor playground, music rooms and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, athletics, cross country and gymnastics, while clubs extend to chess, coding, gardening, science club and film club. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families considering alternatives, the nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Redlands Primary School, 3.4 km away. King's Academy Rowner is best suited to families who value a supportive, inclusive environment with strong pastoral care, and who are comfortable with a school that is working to raise academic outcomes from a low baseline.

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