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Shipton Bellinger Primary School

Primary · Tidworth · SP9 7TW

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Requires improvement

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 January 2025

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At a glance

116 pupils · 56% of 209 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.shiptonbellinger.hants.sch.uk/
URN
115947

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.3 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 21 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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: Reception

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 1.3 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary SchoolGillingham · 28 miles awayGood39%
Whiteshill Primary SchoolStroud · 45 miles awayGood50%
St Julian's Church SchoolBath · 31 miles awayGood81%
Heather Primary SchoolCoalville · 103 miles awayGood56%
Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolNewnham · 53 miles awayExpected standard67%
Bucklesham Primary SchoolIpswich · 139 miles awayGood71%
Gretton Primary SchoolCheltenham · 54 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Steep Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPetersfield · 34 miles awayGood64%
Padbury Church of England SchoolBuckingham · 61 miles awayStrong standard94%
Barton Stacey Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 13 miles awayGood75%
Collingbourne Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 5 miles awayGood (2019)60%
Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHanley Swan · 66 miles awayNo current grade88%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Black African 9% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%)

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.69 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
20
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

14% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 28% moved to another state school · 58% 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)

36.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 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 £53,832; 33.3% 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£9,503
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£79,782; in-year balance -£24,060

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.7%62.3%
Social housing12.4%17.1%
Privately rented23.9%20.5%
Detached houses19.7%22.9%
Flats3.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023197 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£285,00039 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£258,500–£371,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£450,000
Semi-detached (16)£297,500
Terraced (15)£265,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.09 km, 2023 entry): 41 sales, median £285,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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