Riders Junior School
Kingsclere Avenue, Leigh Park, Havant, PO9 4RY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Ben Bourton
- Federation
- The Federation of riders Infant and Junior Schools
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 115908
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392475342
About this school
Riders Junior School is a community primary school in Havant. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 205 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 62 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 28% | 39% | 25% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 32% | 40% | 45% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 47% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97.0 | 99.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 97.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Riders Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 28% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 25% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 263 |
| 2023/24 | 258 |
| 2024/25 | 234 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Riders Junior School compares
Riders Junior School ranked 303rd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 25% | 12% | 75.6% | 205 | — |
| Riders Infant School | — | 7% | 58.7% | 58 | 0.0 miles |
| Warren Park Primary School | 68% | 5.2% | 56.4% | 417 | 0.5 miles |
| Front Lawn Primary Academy | 82% | 8.7% | 70.2% | 447 | 0.6 miles |
| Barncroft Primary School | 57% | 7.1% | 44.9% | 435 | 0.6 miles |
| Trosnant Junior School | 44% | 7% | 71.5% | 237 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 75.64%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.95%
- Persistent absence
- 34.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Riders Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Warren Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Front Lawn Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Havant
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Barncroft Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Trosnant Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Havant
Other schools in Havant
Riders Junior School ranks 10th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Havant.
- Barncroft Primary School Primary
- Bidbury Infant School Primary
- Bidbury Junior School Primary
- Bosmere Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Front Lawn Primary Academy Primary
- Riders Infant School Primary
- Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant Primary
- Trosnant Infant School Primary
- Trosnant Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Riders Junior School teach?
- Riders Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Havant.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Riders Junior School?
- The executive headteacher of Riders Junior School is Mr Ben Bourton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Riders Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riders Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Riders Junior School?
- Riders Junior School has 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Riders Junior School full?
- Riders Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 205 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Riders Junior School a faith school?
- No. Riders Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Riders Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Riders Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Riders Junior School?
- Riders Junior School is part of the The Federation of riders Infant and Junior Schools federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Riders Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 28% in 2022/23 and 25% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Riders Junior School rank locally?
- Riders Junior School ranked 303rd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Riders Junior School's absence rate?
- Riders Junior School's overall absence rate is 12% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Riders Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Riders Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.