Mengham Junior School

About Mengham Junior School

Mengham Junior School received a Requires Improvement rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in October 2024, a downgrade from the Good rating it had held previously. The inspection judged the quality of education as Requires Improvement, while personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management were all rated Good. The most telling academic metric comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results: only 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits well below the Hampshire local authority average of 61%, and places the school 20th out of 23 primary schools in the Havant area. Just 2% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects, and in maths specifically, only 9% achieved the higher benchmark.

Looking more closely at the individual subject scores, reading appears to be a relative strength: 59% of pupils reached the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 101. Writing saw 68% meet expectations, while maths lagged behind at 50% expected and an average score of 98. Progress measures for reading, writing and maths were not published, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. Nationally, Mengham ranks in the bottom 10% of primary schools on the combined expected standard metric, and in the South East region it sits at the 90th percentile — meaning roughly nine out of ten schools in the region outperform it. For parents weighing up options, these figures suggest that while the school has strengths in certain areas, particularly writing and reading, overall academic outcomes are significantly below the local norm.

Mengham Junior School is a mixed, non-religious state primary for pupils aged 7 to 11, with 239 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 27.2%, well above the national average. The school offers a range of facilities including a library, music rooms, art studios, a sports hall, gymnasium, sensory room and chapel, plus playing fields and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer include swimming, gymnastics, cricket, netball, football, cross country and tennis, while clubs include drama, chess, film club, science club and coding. The school has identified SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 64 families show 80% would recommend the school, though responses on concerns being dealt with properly were more mixed, with 34% strongly agreeing and 26% disagreeing or strongly disagreeing.

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