Hart Plain Junior School
Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8SA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Faithfull
- Constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 116244
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392263200
About this school
Hart Plain Junior School is a community primary school in Waterlooville. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 179 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hart Plain Junior 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 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
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 55 | 60 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 32% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 52% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 40% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 42% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - | - |
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 Hart Plain 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 | 42% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 217 |
| 2023/24 | 233 |
| 2024/25 | 211 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hart Plain Junior School compares
Hart Plain Junior School ranked 268th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.3% | 48.8% | 179 | — |
| Hart Plain Infant School | — | 5.3% | 41.5% | 134 | 0.1 miles |
| Padnell Infant School | — | 3.1% | 12.6% | 266 | 0.8 miles |
| Queen's Inclosure Primary School | 64% | 3.6% | 11.1% | 414 | 0.8 miles |
| Padnell Junior School | 72% | 3.2% | 18.3% | 360 | 0.8 miles |
| Berewood Primary School | 50% | 5.5% | 27.5% | 414 | 0.9 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)
- 48.82%
- English as an additional language
- 10.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.25%
- Persistent absence
- 12.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hart Plain Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Hants
-
Padnell Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Waterlooville
-
Queen's Inclosure Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Waterlooville
-
Padnell Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Waterlooville
-
Berewood Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Waterlooville
Other schools in Waterlooville
Hart Plain Junior School ranks 9th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Waterlooville.
- Berewood Primary School Primary
- Catherington Church of England Infant School Primary
- Clanfield Junior School Primary
- Denmead Infant School Primary
- Denmead Junior School Primary
- Hambledon Primary School Primary
- Horndean Church of England Junior School Primary
- Horndean Infant School Primary
- Mill Hill Primary School Primary
- Morelands Primary School Primary
- Newlands Primary Academy Primary
- Padnell Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Hart Plain Junior School teach?
- Hart Plain Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Waterlooville.
- Who is the headteacher of Hart Plain Junior School?
- The headteacher of Hart Plain Junior School is Mrs Charlotte Faithfull, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hart Plain Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hart Plain 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 many pupils are at Hart Plain Junior School?
- Hart Plain Junior School has 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Hart Plain Junior School full?
- Hart Plain Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 179 on roll (75%), 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 Hart Plain Junior School a faith school?
- No. Hart Plain Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hart Plain Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hart Plain Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hart Plain Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hart Plain Junior School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Hart Plain Junior School ranked 268th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hart Plain Junior School's absence rate?
- Hart Plain Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hart Plain Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hart Plain 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.