Redlands Primary School

About Redlands Primary School

Redlands Primary School in Fareham was rated Outstanding by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in December 2023 confirmed the school continues to meet that high standard. The inspection team awarded top marks across the board, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all judged Outstanding. That said, the school’s most recent Key Stage 2 results tell a more nuanced story. Just 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined in the 2023/24 academic year, which is notably below the Hampshire local authority average of 61%. The school’s average scores in reading (102) and maths (101) are both close to the national baseline of 100, but the proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading (15%) and maths (9%) is modest, and no pupils achieved the higher standard in writing.

Digging deeper into the data, Redlands ranks 20th out of 22 primary schools in Fareham on the combined RWM expected measure, placing it in the bottom half locally and around the 79th percentile nationally. This is a school where the headline Ofsted rating and the raw exam outcomes sit at odds. The inspection report from 2017 praised the school’s early years provision as Outstanding, and the 2023 ungraded visit found no reason to downgrade the overall judgement, though inspectors noted ‘concerns’ in the ungraded outcome. For parents weighing up academic performance, the gap between the school’s 50% expected standard and the LA average of 61% is worth noting. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is unclear whether pupils typically enter below age-related expectations and make strong gains, or whether the school’s strengths lie more in personal development and behaviour than in measured academic outcomes.

Redlands is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with 313 pupils on roll against a capacity of 315, so it is essentially full. It is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 93 applications for 41 places, with 39 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.27. The school offers a broad range of facilities including a library, playing fields, a gymnasium, an ICT suite, a forest school, music rooms and even a chapel. Sports provision covers cricket, football, netball, dance, cross country and tennis, while clubs include coding, chess and science club. SEND support is well-developed, with provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional needs, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that clearly appeals to local families, but parents focused on academic outcomes at KS2 may want to compare its results with nearby Outstanding-rated alternatives such as Harrison Primary School, just 1.4 km away.

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