Shamblehurst Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ – View on map
- Phone: 01489782342
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Anna Jones
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 37 families put it first for 46 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 5 of the 46 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 85
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Eastleigh average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.9% a year (Eastleigh 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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
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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Eastleigh average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 73% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 85% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- 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
Year 6 SATs: 9th of 23 junior and primary schools in the area
- =7Fair Oak Junior School66%
- =7Norwood Primary & Pre-School66%
- #9Shamblehurst Primary School65%
- #10Saint James' Church of England Primary School64%
- #11The Crescent Primary School62%
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9th of 13 primary schools in Eastleigh for Ofsted rating
- #7Saint James' Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #8Scantabout Primary SchoolGood
- #9Shamblehurst Primary SchoolGood
- #10St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers FordGood
- #11Stoneham Park Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,860 (2024-25)
3rd of 15 primary schools in Eastleigh for spending per pupil
- #1Cherbourg Primary School£7,608
- #2Kings Copse Primary School£7,114
- #3Shamblehurst Primary School£6,860
- #4Nightingale Primary School£6,828
- #5Hamble Primary School£6,413
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