Knightwood Primary School

About Knightwood Primary School

Knightwood Primary School in Test Valley holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2025, though its previous inspection in 2015 judged the school Outstanding overall. The 2025 inspection did not assign a new overall effectiveness grade, but the breakdown shows Good marks for quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, while early years provision retained an Outstanding rating. On the key academic metric of reading, writing and maths at the expected standard in Key Stage 2, 65% of pupils achieved this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That places the school above the Hampshire local authority average of 61% for primary schools, and ranks Knightwood 13th out of 40 primary schools in Test Valley. The school’s national percentile for this metric sits at 45, meaning it performs around the middle of all primary schools nationally.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, pupils at Knightwood performed particularly well in reading and maths. 88% reached the expected standard in reading and 92% in maths, with average scores of 109 and 108 respectively. At the higher standard, 52% of pupils achieved in reading and 37% in maths, though the combined reading, writing and maths higher standard was 10%. Writing was the weakest area, with 67% at expected standard and only 10% at the higher level. The school has no progress scores available for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to see how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. In the South East region, Knightwood ranks 875th out of 2,034 primary schools on the expected standard measure, placing it in the 43rd percentile regionally.

Knightwood is a popular school, oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake with 127 applications for 43 places, and 50 first-preference applications for those places. The school has a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 4.7%, and 24% of parents responding to the Parent View survey said their child has special educational needs or disabilities. The school lists provisions for a range of needs including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language communication needs, and social, emotional and mental health support. Facilities include a sensory room, music rooms, a sports hall and a chapel. Clubs on offer include chess, gardening, coding, drama and science club, while sports include cross country, athletics, swimming and netball. 82% of the 148 Parent View respondents would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed that their child is happy, feels safe and does well there.

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