St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School

About St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School

St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School in East Hampshire holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, with one area — behaviour and attitudes — judged Outstanding. The school's headline exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which sits at 53%. That is below the Hampshire local authority average of 61% for primary schools, and places St Matthew's 23rd out of 31 schools in the East Hampshire district. In the wider South East region it ranks in the bottom half, at the 73rd percentile. The school's individual subject scores tell a more mixed story: 70% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, and 63% did so in both reading and maths. At the higher standard, reading leads with 23%, followed by maths at 13% and writing at 10%. Just 3% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects.

The school's Ofsted breakdown shows consistent Good ratings across quality of education, early years provision, personal development, and leadership and management. The Outstanding judgement for behaviour and attitudes reflects a school where pupils conduct themselves well, a point reinforced by the inspectors' report. Compared with its previous inspection in 2013, which also rated overall effectiveness as Good, the school has maintained its standing. With 207 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is nearly full. Around 16.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average for primary schools. The school's ranking score of 53 places it in the bottom 50 nationally, but this single metric should be weighed against the broader picture of a school that Ofsted finds to be performing solidly across multiple domains.

St Matthew's is a Church of England primary for mixed pupils aged 4 to 11, led by headteacher Rosalind Stamper. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 70 applications for 30 places, with 24 offers going to first-preference families. The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, a chapel, and a Forest School area. Sports on offer include football, cricket, swimming, athletics, tennis, dance and netball, while clubs range from eco and gardening to chess, film, choir and science. The school's SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families who value a strong behaviour culture and a Church of England ethos, and who are comfortable with academic results that sit below the local average but within a supportive, well-rated environment.

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