Mill Rythe Infant School

About Mill Rythe Infant School

Mill Rythe Infant School sits within Hampshire’s large primary landscape — one of 425 state primary schools in the local authority — and is rated Good by Ofsted. The school is an infant-only setting for children aged 5 to 7, with a mixed intake and no religious character. In the local authority’s ranking of primary schools, the top-performing peers include Preston Candover Church of England Primary School, Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School, and St Faith’s Church of England Primary School, all of which hold higher ranking scores. Mill Rythe itself is not among these top peers, but its Good rating places it in the majority of Hampshire primaries: the LA has 33 schools rated Outstanding, meaning most schools here are Good or better. The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 42 applications for 31 places and 30 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.35. That level of demand suggests local families see it as a solid, reliable option for the early years.

Academically, Mill Rythe Infant School’s most recent graded inspection was in 2017, when it was judged Good overall, with Good ratings for leadership and management and for early years provision. The school’s previous inspection in 2015 had rated it Requires Improvement, so the improvement to Good is a clear positive. The most recent ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed the school remains Good. However, the data does not include Key Stage 2 SATs results, which is typical for an infant school that only covers Years 1 and 2 — children leave at age 7 before statutory SATs are taken. The Hampshire LA average for Key Stage 2 attainment is 61, but this figure applies to primary schools that take pupils through to Year 6, so it is not directly comparable. What is available is the Ofsted breakdown: early years provision was rated Good in both the 2017 graded inspection and the 2023 ungraded inspection, and behaviour and attitudes were not separately graded but the overall Good rating implies satisfactory standards.

The school offers a range of facilities including music rooms, a gymnasium, an ICT suite, a sports hall, and a forest school, which supports outdoor learning. Sports provision includes swimming, dance, cricket, and gymnastics, and there are clubs such as book club, choir, art club, science club, and chess. For children with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for social, emotional and mental health; speech, language and communication; physical disability; and other difficulty or disability. With 20.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage for a primary. The school has capacity for 270 pupils but currently has only 150 on roll, so there is room for growth. Mill Rythe Infant School is best suited to families in Havant looking for a Good-rated infant school with strong early years provision, a forest school, and a range of clubs, and who are comfortable with a school that is oversubscribed but not at capacity overall.

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