Owslebury Primary School
Beech Grove, Owslebury, Winchester, SO21 1LS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Chaplen
- Constituency
- Winchester
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 68
- URN
- 115934
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01962777452
About this school
Owslebury Primary School is a community primary school in Winchester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 68 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Owslebury Primary 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 58% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 50% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 42% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 98.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Owslebury Primary 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 | 50% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 94 |
| 2023/24 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 74 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Owslebury Primary School compares
Owslebury Primary School ranked 253rd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 6.3% | 17.6% | 68 | — |
| Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 83% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 141 | 2.2 miles |
| Upham Church of England Aided Primary School | 57% | 5.2% | 11% | 99 | 2.3 miles |
| Colden Common Primary School | 73% | 4.4% | 10.7% | 403 | 2.6 miles |
| Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School | 60% | 3.5% | 16.5% | 108 | 3.1 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 66% | 5.3% | 28.7% | 186 | 3.7 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.57%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.29%
- Persistent absence
- 11.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Winchester
-
Upham Church of England Aided Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Colden Common Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Winchester
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School3.7 miles
Primary · Winchester
Other schools in Winchester
Owslebury Primary School ranks 19th of the 21 ranked primary schools in Winchester.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barton Farm Primary Academy Primary
- Barton Stacey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Harestock Primary School Primary
- Itchen Abbas Primary School Primary
- John Keble Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kings Worthy Primary School Primary
- Micheldever CofE Primary School Primary
- Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School Primary
- South Wonston Primary School Primary
- Sparsholt Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Owslebury Primary School teach?
- Owslebury Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Winchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Owslebury Primary School?
- The headteacher of Owslebury Primary School is Mrs Lucy Chaplen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Owslebury Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Owslebury Primary 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 Owslebury Primary School?
- Owslebury Primary School has 68 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Owslebury Primary School full?
- Owslebury Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 68 on roll (65%), 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 Owslebury Primary School a faith school?
- No. Owslebury Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Owslebury Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Owslebury Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Owslebury Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Owslebury Primary School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Owslebury Primary School ranked 253rd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Owslebury Primary School's absence rate?
- Owslebury Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Owslebury Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Owslebury Primary 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.