Morelands Primary School

About Morelands Primary School

Morelands Primary School sits within the Hampshire local authority, a large county with 425 primary schools, and ranks 261st among them. In the immediate Havant area, it places 19th out of 23 primary schools, placing it in the bottom half locally. For context, the top-performing peers in the same authority 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. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Front Lawn Primary Academy, about 3.9 kilometres away. Morelands itself holds a Good rating from its most recent inspection in November 2022, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2019. The school serves 319 pupils, slightly above its official capacity of 315, and has a relatively high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 35.7 per cent, well above the national average.

Academically, Morelands' Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 45 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is notably below the Hampshire local authority average of 61 per cent. In individual subjects, 55 per cent met expectations in reading and maths, while 60 per cent did so in writing. The school's average scaled scores were 102 for reading and 100 for maths, both in line with national benchmarks. However, the proportion reaching the higher standard was low: 8 per cent in reading, writing and maths combined, 23 per cent in reading alone, 10 per cent in maths, and 8 per cent in writing. Nationally, Morelands ranks in the bottom 50 per cent of primary schools, sitting at the 85th percentile. The Ofsted report from 2022 rated all inspected areas as Good, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision, with leadership and management also judged Good.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sensory room, playing fields, an outdoor playground, a dining hall, a sports hall, and a chapel. Sports provision covers cricket, football, cross country, rounders, gymnastics, athletics, and tennis, while extracurricular clubs include chess, choir, book club, art club, and film club. Morelands has a strong SEND focus, with provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties, plus a resourced provision. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 73 applications for 34 places, with 29 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.15. This suggests a school that is popular locally despite its middling academic rankings, likely appealing to families who value its inclusive SEND support and broad extracurricular offer within a Good-rated setting.

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