Mengham Junior School
Palmerston Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Co-Headteacher
- Mrs Odele Davies
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- URN
- 116052
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392462162
About this school
Mengham Junior School is a community primary school in Hayling Island. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 238 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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 | 56 | 56 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 41% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 59% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 50% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 41% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Mengham 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 | 50% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 236 |
| 2024/25 | 239 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mengham Junior School compares
Mengham Junior School ranked 249th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 5.5% | 28% | 238 | — |
| Mengham Infant School | — | 5.9% | 27.7% | 154 | 0.2 miles |
| Mill Rythe Junior School | 62% | 4.8% | 28.6% | 248 | 0.6 miles |
| Mill Rythe Infant School | — | 5.5% | 20.7% | 127 | 0.6 miles |
| Thorney Island Community Primary School | 67% | 4.4% | 7.8% | 180 | 2.9 miles |
| Moorings Way Infant School | — | 5% | 17.3% | 116 | 3.3 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)
- 28.03%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.48%
- Persistent absence
- 12.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mengham Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Hayling Island
-
Mill Rythe Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Hayling Island
-
Mill Rythe Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Hayling Island
-
Thorney Island Community Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Emsworth
-
Moorings Way Infant School3.3 miles
Primary · Southsea
Other schools in Hayling Island
- Mengham Infant School Primary
- Mill Rythe Infant School Primary
- Mill Rythe Junior School Primary
- The Hayling College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mengham Junior School teach?
- Mengham Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Hayling Island.
- Who is the acting co-headteacher of Mengham Junior School?
- The acting co-headteacher of Mengham Junior School is Mrs Odele Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mengham Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mengham 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 Mengham Junior School?
- Mengham Junior School has 238 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Mengham Junior School full?
- Mengham Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 238 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mengham Junior School a faith school?
- No. Mengham Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mengham Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Mengham Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Mengham Junior 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 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mengham Junior School rank locally?
- Mengham Junior School ranked 249th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mengham Junior School's absence rate?
- Mengham Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mengham Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mengham 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.