Chawton Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Gosport Road, Chawton, Alton, GU34 1SG – View on map
- Phone: 01420544381
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Zoe Doyle
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 17 places – 14 for every 10 places. 74% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 14 · 2024 11 · 2025 13 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 20
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.8%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the East Hampshire average)
- English as an additional language: 15% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 41.1% a year (East Hampshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 72% moved to another school, 28% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the East Hampshire average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 78% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 105
- Based on: 9 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
Year 6 SATs: 7th of 32 junior and primary schools in the area
- =4Rowlands Castle St John's Church of England Controlled Primary School80%
- #6St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School79%
- #7Chawton Church of England Primary School78%
- #8Froxfield Church of England Primary and Pre-School77%
- =9Bentley Church of England Primary School75%
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4th of 18 primary schools in East Hampshire for Ofsted rating
- #2Binsted Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #3Buriton Primary SchoolGood
- #4Chawton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #5East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #6Four Marks Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,955 (2024-25)
7th of 25 primary schools in East Hampshire for spending per pupil
- #5East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary School£8,121
- #6Buriton Primary School£8,037
- #7Chawton Church of England Primary School£7,955
- #8Binsted Church of England Primary School£7,833
- #9Steep Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,774
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