Emsworth Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Emsworth, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Emsworth Primary School is a primary school in Emsworth, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Emsworth 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places had run out in all 5 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Victoria Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 407 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Emsworth Primary School are well mannered and happy.”
- “They say good morning to visitors, hold doors open for others and contribute to conversations with enthusiasm.”
- “The school values of ‘Enjoy, Persevere, Succeed’ are definitely alive in the school.”
To improve
- “Pupils know and remember more in many subject areas, but not all.”
- “There are some subjects where the curriculum does not progress as effectively, meaning that pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 March 2023 (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) | 63% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 48 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.
- St James Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairfield Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bosmere Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Trosnant Infant School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Trosnant Junior School 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Front Lawn Primary Academy 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published