Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School

About Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School

Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School sits within Hampshire’s large primary landscape, where 425 state primary schools serve families across the county. Among its local peers, the school is not ranked in the top tier — that group is led by Preston Candover Church of England Primary School, followed by Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School and St Faith’s Church of England Primary School — but Leesland holds its own as a Good-rated infant school in Gosport. It is a Church of England controlled school for children aged 5 to 7, with a mixed intake and a current roll of 171 pupils, just shy of its 180-place capacity. The school is clearly popular locally: for the 2025/26 admissions cycle, it received 105 applications for 51 places, with 51 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.06. That level of demand suggests parents in the area see it as a solid, reliable option for the early years of primary education.

Academically, Leesland’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2018, rated the school Good overall, with Good for both leadership and management and early years provision. Its ungraded inspection in March 2024 confirmed that the school remains Good, so the quality of education has been sustained. The previous graded inspection in 2016 had rated the school as Requires Improvement, meaning the improvement to Good in 2018 was a meaningful step up. Because Leesland is an infant school, it does not publish Key Stage 2 SATs results — children leave at age 7, before those assessments are taken. For context, Hampshire’s local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment sits at 61, but that figure applies to schools with older pupils. Parents considering Leesland will need to look at early years outcomes and the school’s own internal progress measures rather than national test scores.

The school offers a practical set of facilities for its young pupils, including a gymnasium, library, playing fields, outdoor playground, sports hall, sensory room, ICT suite and a chapel. Sports provision covers dance, cricket, swimming, gymnastics, rounders, tennis and athletics, and there are clubs for drama, gardening, eco activities and film. For children with additional needs, the school supports moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties, and physical disabilities. With 28.1 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals — above the national average — Leesland serves a community with above-average disadvantage. It is not a boarding school, has no sixth form and no nursery provision. This is a school best suited to families in Gosport who want a Church of England infant setting with strong local demand, a Good rating that has been maintained, and a broad range of facilities and clubs for the youngest primary years.

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