Morelands Primary School

Community school·Primary school Waterlooville, Hampshire·PO7 5QL
Composite score
32.6
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#12,860
National rank
#1923
In South East
#277
In Hampshire
Top 87%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
80
any preference, for 42 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0020220.7320230.9520240.8520250.882026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Morelands Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
319
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
13.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,400
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Morelands Primary School at a glance

Located in Waterlooville, Hampshire, Morelands Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 319 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Morelands Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 42 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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