Barncroft Primary School

Havant · PO9 3HN

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 435 pupils, 43.8% FSM

Parent score Rate this school No reviews yet - be the first SEN 21.6% on SEN support Behaviour Typical record Staff 14% turnover Financials £7,424 per pupil Environment Buildings and facilities

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Cooperative 70 /100

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Barncroft Primary School

General Information

Address: Park Lane, Havant, PO9 3HN – View on map
Phone: 02392482331
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Sara Mason
Age range: 2-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 52 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

435 pupils out of 444 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 179
% eligible for free school meals: 43.8%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Havant average)
English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14% a year (Havant 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 56% moved to another school, 44% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Typical record 2025/26

About this Behaviour status

Based on real data requested under Freedom of Information, compared against other schools of the same type that have also responded - not a judgement on any single figure alone.

Reading the numbers: higher figures below often mean a school records thoroughly and takes concerns seriously, rather than more incidents happening. A school reporting unusually low figures sometimes has a reporting gap rather than a problem-free intake. If a figure stands out, it's worth asking the school how it records.

Data year: 2025/26
Bullying incidents: <5
Physical aggression / violence incidents: 40
Child protection referrals: 48
Safeguarding concerns: 1475
Racist incidents: 16
Suspensions (fixed-term exclusions): 18
Permanent exclusions: 0

See the bullying figures for every school in Havant →

Figures may show "<5" for some schools.

What does "<5" mean?

A figure shown as "<5" means the real number is below 5 - the standard convention for this kind of data, used to avoid identifying individual pupils. Different schools may also record and define incidents differently, so read comparisons with care.

3rd of 3 primary schools in Havant for behaviour

#1St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville70%
#2St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School50%
#3Barncroft Primary School30%

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Behaviour ranking

Each school's score (out of 100) reflects how it compares to other schools in the area across all reported behaviour metrics — bullying, physical aggression, safeguarding referrals and racist incidents. A higher score means fewer reported incidents relative to peers. Ranked by real FOI-reported figures. Schools that have declined to provide this data sit at the bottom — refusing a legal request is treated as worse than any honestly-reported result.

Rank School Score

#1St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville70%
#2St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School50%
#3Barncroft Primary School30%

Across Hampshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 15 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 16 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Hampshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 7.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 20.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 21.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 19 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Vision impairment: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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School Ethos

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Ability to Deal with Problems

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Headteacher Approval

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.

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Would recommend –

This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.

Response: Full response (+60)
Timeliness: Response date not recorded (+10)
Optional data: No optional data (+0)

Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)

Educational Attainment

Good 2020 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the Havant average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 44% against an expected 55%)
3-year average (expected standard): 44%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 65% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 101
Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolHavant averageEngland↗ Improving Up 37 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was in line with the Havant average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: 13th of 21 junior and primary schools in the area

=10St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School58%
=10St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant58%
#13Barncroft Primary School57%
#14Springwood Junior School55%
#15Mengham Junior School51%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Front Lawn Primary Academy82%
#2Padnell Junior School72%
#3St James Church of England Controlled Primary School69%
#4Warren Park Primary School68%
=5Bosmere Junior School66%
=5Purbrook Junior School66%
#7Queen's Inclosure Primary School64%
#8Emsworth Primary School63%
#9Mill Rythe Junior School62%
=10Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School58%
=10St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School58%
=10St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant58%
#13Barncroft Primary School57%
#14Springwood Junior School55%
#15Mengham Junior School51%
#16Bidbury Junior School49%
#17Hart Plain Junior School47%
#18Trosnant Junior School44%
=19Mill Hill Primary School43%
=19Morelands Primary School43%
#21Woodcroft Primary39%

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2nd of 12 primary schools in Havant for Ofsted rating

#1Front Lawn Primary AcademyOutstanding
#2Barncroft Primary SchoolGood
#3Emsworth Primary SchoolGood
#4Mill Hill Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Front Lawn Primary AcademyOutstanding
#2Barncroft Primary SchoolGood
#3Emsworth Primary SchoolGood
#4Mill Hill Primary SchoolGood
#5Morelands Primary SchoolGood
#6Park Community SchoolGood
#7Queen's Inclosure Primary SchoolGood
#8Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#9St James Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#10St Peter's Catholic Primary School, WaterloovilleGood
#11St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, HavantGood
#12Woodcroft PrimaryGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,424 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

6th of 13 primary schools in Havant for spending per pupil

#4Woodcroft Primary£8,085
#5Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School£8,060
#6Barncroft Primary School£7,424
#7Front Lawn Primary Academy£7,414
#8Warren Park Primary School£7,290

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Park Community School£10,964
#2Mill Hill Primary School£8,650
#3Morelands Primary School£8,400
#4Woodcroft Primary£8,085
#5Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School£8,060
#6Barncroft Primary School£7,424
#7Front Lawn Primary Academy£7,414
#8Warren Park Primary School£7,290
#9St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant£7,053
#10St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School£6,502
#11St James Church of England Controlled Primary School£5,981
#12Emsworth Primary School£5,968
#13Queen's Inclosure Primary School£5,831

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Environment

Data received 2025/26

About this Environment status

Based on real information requested under Freedom of Information, covering step-free access, specialist facilities, classroom climate, and technology provision.

Accessibility

Step-free for pupils, staff and visitors: Yes
Overall accessibility: Fully
Lifts for pupil use: Yes
Accessible toilets: Yes
Changing Places facility: Yes
Sensory room: Yes
Other accessibility facilities: Hearing Loop

Climate

Classrooms with air conditioning: 0%
Mechanical ventilation: No
Air cooling units: No
Shaded outdoor areas: Yes
Heatwave procedures: Yes - informal arrangements

Technology

Pupil devices (approx.): 150
Pupils per device: 3:1
Digital display in every classroom: No
Interactive whiteboards: Yes - all classrooms
1:1 pupil device programme: No
Coding / robotics equipment: Yes - Beebots
Assistive technology for SEND pupils: No

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