Mill Rythe Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 5–7 · Hayling Island, 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 🔒
Mill Rythe Infant School is a primary school in Hayling Island, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 February 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Mill Rythe Infant 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 43 first-choice applications for 44 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 18.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 25.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- The school has 14.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 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
- Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0PA
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 127 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy the vibrant and happy atmosphere that leaders cultivate.”
- “Pupils love the opportunities provided to learn outdoors.”
- “This enhances both their personal development and academic knowledge.”
To improve
- “Although the curriculum mapping is not yet complete, subject leaders are acting swiftly to ensure the full curriculum is put in place.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not set appropriate classroom activities that will help pupils learn the important knowledge.”
- “Consequently, there can be a mismatch with what is identified in the curriculum, meaning pupils are not learning as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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.
- Mill Rythe Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Mengham Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Mengham Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bosmere Junior School 3.4 mi School remains Good
- Fairfield Infant School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Emsworth Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bidbury Junior School 4.0 mi Standards maintained
- Bidbury Infant School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published