Beech Grove, Owslebury, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1LS
10 reasons to choose Owslebury Primary School
Main point of differentiation
Owslebury Primary School is one of the best state primary schools in the Chandler’s Ford area, ranking in the top 15% in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 66. It has mixed age classes and has the smallest class sizes in the area.
School fundamentals
Owslebury Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its Report Card judgements imply a Needs Attention rating for the school in its last (2026) inspection.
Average class size
Owslebury Primary School has four mixed-age classes, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025 show that Owslebury Primary School achieves lower than national average attainment scores. By the same measure but for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023, progress score rank the school in the top 35% of schools.
The Owslebury Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Core subjects such as maths and English are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography, history, art and DT are linked by a common half-termly theme. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Owslebury Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Owslebury Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.55am to 3.20pm. Before school club from 8.15am and after school clubs may extend the day to 4.20pm.
Find another school near Owslebury Primary School
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Twyford St Mary’s Church of England Primary School (3.2 miles); Colden Common Primary School (4.4 miles); Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School (4.6 miles).
Winchester College (4.8 miles); The King’s School, Eastleigh (4.9 miles); St Swithun’s School (5 miles).
Peter Symonds College (5.9 miles); The Westgate School (6.2 miles); Kings’ School (6.4 miles).