Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School

About Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School

Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School is clearly a popular choice among local families. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 173 applications for just 73 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.37. Of those applications, 69 were first-preference choices, and 69 first-preference offers were made, meaning that every family who put the school as their top pick secured a place. This level of demand suggests strong word-of-mouth confidence in the school, though no parent survey data is available to quantify satisfaction directly. The school is a state primary for children aged 3 to 7, with a nursery on site, and is led by headteacher Rick Jump. With 283 pupils on roll against a capacity of 300, it is running close to full, which further underlines its local appeal.

Academically, the school holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2023, with all key areas — quality of education, early years provision, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management — all graded Good. This represents a change from its previous inspection in 2009, when it was rated Outstanding across the board. While the school does not publish Key Stage 2 SATs results (it only goes up to age 7), the local authority average for KS2 attainment across Hampshire primary schools is 61 per cent, which provides a benchmark for the wider area. Of the 425 primary schools in Hampshire, 33 hold an Outstanding rating, so Locks Heath sits within a strong cohort of Good-rated schools. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Sarisbury Church of England Junior School, 2.3 km away.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including music rooms, a library, a sensory room, art studios, playing fields, a forest school, and a chapel. Sports provision covers cross country, gymnastics, tennis, athletics, swimming, netball, and cricket, while clubs include science, coding, book club, film club, and gardening. SEND support is available for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This combination of strong demand, Good-rated teaching, and varied enrichment makes Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School a solid option for families in Fareham seeking a well-regarded infant and nursery setting, particularly those who value early-years provision and a wide range of extracurricular activities.

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