East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Petersfield, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Petersfield, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
East Meon Church of England Controlled 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
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in both earlier years with an outcome: 2020 and 2025.
- For Reception 2026, there were 3 first-choice applications for 4 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Chapel Street, East Meon, Petersfield, GU32 1NR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 80 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at school and appreciate that staff are ‘on their side’ and ‘want the best for them’.”
- “Should pupils have any worries, they know who to talk to.”
- “Pupils are confident that their concerns are taken seriously.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that previous outcomes in phonics have not been strong enough.”
- “However, there remains some inconsistency in how well these expectations are followed by pupils.”
- “As a result, learning is sometimes slowed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 April 2025 (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) | 40% | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 3 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.
- West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Langrish Primary School 2.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Clanfield Junior School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Froxfield Church of England Primary and Pre-School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buriton Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Petersgate Infant School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Meonstoke Church of England Infant School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Petersfield Infant School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published