King's Academy Rowner
Tichborne Way, Rowner, Gosport, PO13 0BN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Mrs Georgina Mulhall
- Sponsor
- King's Group
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 256
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- URN
- 146244
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01329280299
About this school
King's Academy Rowner is a primary academy in Gosport. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 199 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 | 45 | 58 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 34% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 53% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 52% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 31% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 99.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 King's Academy Rowner 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 | 53% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 219 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How King's Academy Rowner compares
King's Academy Rowner ranked 285th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% 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 | 43% | 5.4% | 50.5% | 199 | — |
| Rowner Infant School | — | 8.9% | 30% | 145 | 0.1 miles |
| Grange Junior School | 58% | 4.8% | 41.1% | 249 | 0.6 miles |
| Grange Infant School | — | 6.7% | 37.2% | 171 | 0.6 miles |
| Bedenham Primary School | 38% | 5.5% | 41.5% | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| Holbrook Primary School | 42% | 9.1% | 48.1% | 203 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.48%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.41%
- Persistent absence
- 14.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rowner Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Gosport
-
Grange Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Gosport
-
Grange Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Gosport
-
Bedenham Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gosport
-
Holbrook Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Gosport
Other schools in Gosport
King's Academy Rowner ranks 11th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Gosport.
- Alver Valley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alver Valley Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School Primary
- Bedenham Primary School Primary
- Brockhurst Primary School Primary
- Elson Infant School Primary
- Elson Junior School Primary
- Gomer Infant School Primary
- Grange Infant School Primary
- Grange Junior School Primary
- Haselworth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does King's Academy Rowner teach?
- King's Academy Rowner teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Gosport.
- Who is the headteacher of King's Academy Rowner?
- The headteacher of King's Academy Rowner is Mrs Georgina Mulhall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was King's Academy Rowner last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected King's Academy Rowner, 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 King's Academy Rowner?
- King's Academy Rowner has 199 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is King's Academy Rowner full?
- King's Academy Rowner has capacity for 256 pupils and 199 on roll (78%), 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 King's Academy Rowner a faith school?
- No. King's Academy Rowner has no designated religious character.
- Does King's Academy Rowner have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records King's Academy Rowner as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs King's Academy Rowner?
- King's Academy Rowner is part of KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have King's Academy Rowner's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does King's Academy Rowner rank locally?
- King's Academy Rowner ranked 285th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% 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 King's Academy Rowner's absence rate?
- King's Academy Rowner's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are King's Academy Rowner's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King's Academy Rowner'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 10 July 2026.