Mengham Infant School
St Mary's Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsay Burnett
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 154
- URN
- 115986
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392462470
About this school
Mengham Infant School is a community primary school in Hayling Island. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 154 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mengham 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Mengham 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 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 179 |
| 2023/24 | 171 |
| 2024/25 | 170 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mengham Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 27.7% | 154 | — |
| Mengham Junior School | 51% | 5.5% | 28% | 238 | 0.2 miles |
| Mill Rythe Junior School | 62% | 4.8% | 28.6% | 248 | 0.7 miles |
| Mill Rythe Infant School | — | 5.5% | 20.7% | 127 | 0.7 miles |
| Thorney Island Community Primary School | 67% | 4.4% | 7.8% | 180 | 3.0 miles |
| Moorings Way Infant School | — | 5% | 17.3% | 116 | 3.1 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)
- 27.65%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.89%
- Persistent absence
- 17.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mengham Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Hayling Island
-
Mill Rythe Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Hayling Island
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Mill Rythe Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Hayling Island
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Thorney Island Community Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Emsworth
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Moorings Way Infant School3.1 miles
Primary · Southsea
Other schools in Hayling Island
- Mengham Junior School Primary
- Mill Rythe Infant School Primary
- Mill Rythe Junior School Primary
- The Hayling College Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Mengham Infant School teach?
- Mengham Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Hayling Island.
- Who is the headteacher of Mengham Infant School?
- The headteacher of Mengham Infant School is Mrs Lindsay Burnett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mengham Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mengham 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 Mengham Infant School?
- Mengham Infant School has 154 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Mengham Infant School full?
- Mengham Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 154 on roll (86%), 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 Mengham Infant School a faith school?
- No. Mengham Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mengham Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Mengham Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Mengham Infant School's absence rate?
- Mengham Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Mengham 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 Mengham 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 15 July 2026.