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Bosmere Junior School

Primary · Havant · PO9 1DA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 February 2023

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At a glance

342 pupils · 95% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
32.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bosmere.hants.sch.uk/
URN
115919

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.62 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

89 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Adwick Primary SchoolDoncaster · 188 miles awayGood79%
Nine Acres Primary SchoolNewport · 17 miles awayOutstanding67%
Highfield Hall Primary SchoolChesterfield · 167 miles awayNo current grade43%
St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC AcademyHull · 205 miles awayGood63%
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary SchoolMexborough · 183 miles awayNo current grade76%
Rose Wood AcademyMiddlesbrough · 254 miles awayGood (2018)66%
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnBlackburn · 210 miles awayGood56%
Thatcham Park CofE PrimaryThatcham · 40 miles awayGood51%
Burton Manor Primary SchoolStafford · 142 miles awayNo current grade62%
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 199 miles awayNeeds attention51%
Cherry Dale Primary SchoolBarnsley · 190 miles awayGood63%
Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby · 203 miles awayGood58%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 20.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,981; 17.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,807
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £226,620; in-year balance +£66,709

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.5%62.3%
Social housing21.5%17.1%
Privately rented32%20.5%
Detached houses4.8%22.9%
Flats61.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van41.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034067 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£271,000280 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£180,000–£381,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (56)£550,000
Semi-detached (48)£339,000
Terraced (73)£283,500
Flat (103)£155,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (1.00 km, 2023 entry): 280 sales, median £271,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
16an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
55an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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