Schools in Havant
Havant is a coastal town in south-east Hampshire, served by 18 schools: 14 primaries and 3 secondaries - Park Community School, Warblington School, and Havant Academy. Hampshire County Council co-ordinates admissions, with secondary preferences due by the October national deadline and primary offers made on 16 April.
Havant has significant oversubscription pressure: 7 of its 18 schools are currently at or above their published admission number, making it one of the more competitive admissions areas in Hampshire. Four schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Two schools carry a religious character. With three distinct secondary schools serving different parts of Havant and Waterlooville, families should use the catchment.school postcode tool to confirm which school's zone their home address falls in before submitting preferences.
School demand in Havant
Across the 18 schools in Havant with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 7 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Havant have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
2 of the schools in Havant are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Hampshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Havant have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Havant: 5 oversubscribed (14)
Fairfield Infant School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 1AY
Riders Junior School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 4RY
Riders Infant School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 4RY
Trosnant Junior School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 3BD
Trosnant Infant School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 3BD
Bosmere Junior School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 1DA
Warren Park Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Havant · PO9 4LR
Bidbury Junior School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 3EF
Bidbury Infant School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 3EF
St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Havant · PO9 2JX
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Havant · PO9 3DR
Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 5PE
Barncroft Primary School
Primary · Community school
Havant · PO9 3HN
Front Lawn Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Havant · PO9 5HX
Secondary Schools in Havant (3)
Park Community School
Secondary · Community school
Havant · PO9 4BU
Warblington School
Secondary · Community school
Havant · PO9 2RR
Havant Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Havant · PO9 5JD
Other Schools in Havant (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Havant are set by Hampshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.