Meon Infant School
Shelford Road, Milton, Southsea, PO4 8NT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Paine
- Sponsor
- The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 133
- URN
- 146135
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03333602170
About this school
Meon Infant School is a primary academy in Southsea. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 133 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Meon 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 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 171 |
| 2024/25 | 158 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meon Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 30.4% | 133 | — |
| Meon Junior School | 65% | 4.5% | 28.9% | 336 | 0.0 miles |
| Milton Park Primary School | 53% | 5.3% | 39.7% | 382 | 0.2 miles |
| Wimborne Primary School | 51% | 4.4% | 18.8% | 557 | 0.4 miles |
| Moorings Way Infant School | — | 5% | 17.3% | 116 | 0.5 miles |
| Cumberland Infant School | — | 3.4% | 11.9% | 172 | 0.6 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)
- 30.38%
- English as an additional language
- 9.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.54%
- Persistent absence
- 8.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meon Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Milton Park Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Wimborne Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Moorings Way Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Southsea
-
Cumberland Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Southsea
Other schools in Southsea
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Craneswater Junior School Primary
- Cumberland Infant School Primary
- Devonshire Infant School Primary
- Fernhurst Junior School Primary
- Moorings Way Infant School Primary
- Southsea Infant School Primary
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Ark Charter Academy Secondary
- Priory School Secondary
- Mayville High School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Meon Infant School teach?
- Meon Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Southsea.
- Who is the headteacher of Meon Infant School?
- The headteacher of Meon Infant School is Mrs Sara Paine, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meon Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meon 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 big is Meon Infant School?
- Meon Infant School has 133 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Meon Infant School full?
- Meon Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 133 on roll (74%), 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 Meon Infant School a faith school?
- No. Meon Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meon Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Meon Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Meon Infant School?
- Meon Infant School is part of THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Meon Infant School's absence rate?
- Meon Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Meon 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 Meon 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 10 July 2026.