Riders Infant School
Kingsclere Avenue, Leigh Park, Havant, PO9 4RY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Erika Leach
- Federation
- The Federation of riders Infant and Junior Schools
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 58
- URN
- 115909
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392475342
About this school
Riders Infant School is a community primary school in Havant. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 58 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Riders Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Riders Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 171 |
| 2023/24 | 130 |
| 2024/25 | 75 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Riders Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 58.7% | 58 | — |
| Riders Junior School | 25% | 12% | 75.6% | 205 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 13 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.67%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.97%
- Persistent absence
- 19.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Riders Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Warren Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Front Lawn Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Barncroft Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Havant
-
Trosnant Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Havant
Other 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 Junior 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 ages does Riders Infant School teach?
- Riders Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Havant.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Riders Infant School?
- The executive headteacher of Riders Infant School is Mrs Erika Leach, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Riders Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riders Infant 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 many pupils are at Riders Infant School?
- Riders Infant School has 58 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Riders Infant School full?
- Riders Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 58 on roll (32%), 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 Infant School a faith school?
- No. Riders Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Riders Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Riders Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Riders Infant School part of an academy trust?
- Riders Infant 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.
- What is Riders Infant School's absence rate?
- Riders Infant School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Riders Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Riders Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.