St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School
General Information
- Address: Drift Road, Blackmoor, Liss, GU33 6BN – View on map
- Phone: 01420472844
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rosalind Stamper
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 28 places – 15 for every 10 places. 63% 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 11 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 15
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 30
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the East Hampshire average)
- English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.9% a year (East Hampshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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: 4.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the East Hampshire average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 60% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- Based on: 30 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: 27th of 32 junior and primary schools in the area
- #25Selborne Church of England Primary School57%
- #26Horndean Church of England Junior School54%
- #27St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School53%
- #28Medstead Church of England Primary School48%
- #29The Holme Church of England Primary School43%
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16th of 18 primary schools in East Hampshire for Ofsted rating
- #14Sheet Primary SchoolGood
- #15St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #16St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #17The Holme Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #18Woodlea Primary SchoolInadequate
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,087 (2024-25)
18th of 25 primary schools in East Hampshire for spending per pupil
- #16Four Marks Church of England Primary School£6,215
- #17Greatham Primary School£6,186
- #18St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School£6,087
- #19Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School£6,084
- #20Grayshott Church of England Controlled Primary School£6,014
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