Red Barn Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Fareham, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.6 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Red Barn Community Primary School is a primary school in Fareham, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Red Barn Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.6 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.6 miles away, the 10th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Linden Lea, Portchester, Fareham, PO16 8HJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Red Barn receive an excellent education.”
- “The school has the highest expectations and aspirations for pupils, who make the most of the high-quality provision and rise to the challenge of the ambitious curriculum.”
- “This supports pupils to achieve extremely well across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 52% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Northern Infant School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northern Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- Wicor Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrison Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Redlands Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Bedenham Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodcot Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published