West Meon Church of England Voluntary 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Meon Church of England Voluntary 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 28 January 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
West Meon Church of England Voluntary 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, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers against an admission number of 12, and every applicant was offered a place.
- With 55 pupils on roll, the school has 12.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- Of its pupils, 27.3% are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 10% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
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
- Church Lane, West Meon, Petersfield, GU32 1LF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this caring village school.”
- “They model the school’s values of ‘creativity, courage and respect’ wonderfully.”
- “Pupils speak with enthusiasm about completing local hiking routes, and how overcoming challenges helps them to grow in confidence.”
To improve
- “However, some of the activity choices to help pupils learn the intended curriculum are not as effective as they could be.”
- “In some subjects, staff do not check how well pupils have learned the curriculum effectively.”
- “Some pupils do not build on their prior knowledge as strongly as possible.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 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) | 78% | 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, 3 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.
- East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meonstoke Church of England Infant School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Droxford Junior School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cheriton Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Froxfield Church of England Primary and Pre-School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ropley CofE Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langrish Primary School 5.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Hambledon Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published