Meon Junior School
Shelford Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8NTOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Meon Junior School is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 7 to 11. It is one of the 65 schools in Portsmouth. It ranks 7th of 28 primary schools in Portsmouth. Its latest Ofsted outcome is a report card, from an inspection in November 2025.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 25 November 2025, report published 29 January 2026
Each area is graded from urgent improvement to exceptional, and safeguarding is either met or not met.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 25 November 2025
Meon Juniors is a welcoming and highly inclusive school. Pupils explore and celebrate their differences, recognising that they are 'all different but all part of the same school' community. Pupils behave well and learn to treat one another with kindness. Staff understand pupils' needs well. They make adaptations to learning to support pupils in overcoming any barriers. Effective teaching and positive relationships mean that pupils achieve well, including the most vulnerable pupils. Pupils readily enact the school's values of being 'kind and respectful', 'confident and resilient', 'creative and independent', and 'believing in yourself', earning habits stickers as they demonstrate these traits. They are keen to attend school and have the chance of taking home the attendance bears, 'Punctuality Pedro' and 'Attendance Audrey'. Warm and supportive relationships with staff mean that pupils are confident that they can share any worries or concerns and they will be listened to. Pupils are encouraged to 'be your best self', reflecting on their successes and setting themselves targets for the next week in the journals they work on through weekly assemblies. Through this and other means, pupil develop increasing independence, even from the youngest ages.
What the school should improve
- Leaders should continue to embed strategies for developing writing and grammar so they can continue to improve pupils' achievement.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
86 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
336 pupils on roll, with places for 360
Schools near Meon Junior School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meon Infant School | 0.1 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | Not published |
| Milton Park Primary School | 0.2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 53% met the expected standard |
| Wimborne Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 51% met the expected standard |
| Moorings Way Infant School | 0.5 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Not published |
| Cumberland Infant School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Paine
- Phone
- 03333602170
- Address
- Shelford Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8NT
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- URN
- 144581
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.