West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

About West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. In its January 2025 graded inspection, inspectors awarded Good across all five judged categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, which sits at 67% of pupils. That figure is above the Hampshire local authority average of 61%, placing the school 16th out of 35 primary schools in the Winchester district. While the school’s national percentile rank of 37th is broadly mid-table, the local context is more favourable: West Meon outperforms the typical Hampshire primary by six percentage points on this headline measure.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 results, the school’s strengths are clearest in maths and writing. The average maths scaled score of 105 is solid, with 78% of pupils reaching the expected standard and 22% achieving the higher standard. In writing, 78% met the expected level and 22% secured the higher mark. Reading is slightly weaker: 78% hit the expected standard but only 11% reached the higher threshold, with an average scaled score of 104. No pupils achieved the higher standard in all three subjects combined, which tempers the overall picture. The school’s ranking score of 67 places it in the top 50% nationally and within the top half of Winchester primaries. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive: 100% of respondents would recommend the school, and 80% strongly agreed that their child is happy and feels safe there.

With just 44 pupils against a capacity of 84, West Meon is a genuinely small village primary. It was oversubscribed for 2025/26, receiving 14 applications for 8 places, with all 5 first-preference applicants offered a spot. The school supports children with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, and autistic spectrum disorder. Facilities include playing fields, a sports hall, library, sensory room, and a chapel. Clubs range from book club and coding to art, film, and drama, while sports provision covers gymnastics, athletics, rounders, football, and tennis. This is a school that will particularly suit families seeking a small, Church of England primary with strong local exam results and a parent body that reports very high levels of satisfaction with both pastoral care and academic expectations.

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