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Harefield Primary School

4–11Ages
397Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139747URN

Yeovil Chase, Southampton, SO18 5NZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

0.6 below Southampton median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Southampton

52 applications for 39 places · 43rd of 44 in Southampton

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

59%met the expected standard

Southampton 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 26 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision		Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.3applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Southampton median (1.9) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

52 applications · 39 places offered · 39 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.3; Southampton median median 1.9
2025 1.5; Southampton median median 1.9
2024 1.6; Southampton median median 2.1
2023 1.5; Southampton median median 2.1
2022 1.7; Southampton median median 2.1
2021 1.8; Southampton median median 2.0
2020 1.9; Southampton median median 2.2
2019 1.7; Southampton median median 1.9
2018 1.8; Southampton median median 2.1
2017 2.0; Southampton median median 2.0
2016 1.9; Southampton median median 2.1
2015 1.9; Southampton median median 2.3
2014 1.6; Southampton median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Southampton median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Southampton median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	39	52	1.3	39	1.00
Sep 2025	43	64	1.5	43	1.00
Sep 2024	52	81	1.6	49	0.94
Sep 2023	49	72	1.5	46	0.94
Sep 2022	51	85	1.7	47	0.92
Sep 2021	48	87	1.8	43	0.90
Sep 2020	58	112	1.9	61	1.05
Sep 2019	59	101	1.7	60	1.02
Sep 2018	60	108	1.8	68	1.13
Sep 2017	60	121	2.0	68	1.13
Sep 2016	60	113	1.9	68	1.13
Sep 2015	60	114	1.9	73	1.22
Sep 2014	60	94	1.6	65	1.08

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 74% · Maths 72% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%20th of 44 in Southampton

Southampton 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Southampton 72% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Southampton 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard74%

Southampton 73% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Southampton 8% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Southampton 72% England 77%

Higher standard15%

Southampton 20% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Southampton median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	59%	0%	106	103
2023/24	52%	2%	104	102
2022/23	44%	0%	104	102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Harefield Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Moorlands Primary School
0.7 km · Southampton

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Glenfield Infant School
1.1 km · Southampton

2026

2.1applications per place
Thornhill Primary School
1.2 km · Southampton

2026

1.8applications per place 21%met the SATs standard
Bitterne Church of England Primary School
1.2 km · Southampton

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Townhill Infant School
1.3 km · Southampton

2026

1.9applications per place
Beechwood Junior School
1.3 km · Southampton

Graded · no overall grade2025

66%met the SATs standard
Townhill Junior School
1.3 km · Southampton

Good2022

48%met the SATs standard
Sholing Junior School
1.6 km · Southampton

Good2022

53%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139747 · 852/3659
Trust: Hamwic Education Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 397 on roll
Free school meals: 43.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 June 2013
Replaced: Harefield Primary School (URN 128091)
Address: Yeovil Chase, Southampton, SO18 5NZ
Local authority: Southampton

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources