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Springwood Junior School

Primary · Waterlooville · PO7 8ED

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 22 September 2026 · report published 19 October 2026

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At a glance

219 pupils · 91% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
37% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.springwoodjuniorschool.co.uk/
URN
116067

In figures

At its report-card inspection on 22 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% 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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2019 entry)

Other catchment
0.17 miles

2019 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers48.5%
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
St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolMalvern Link · 103 miles awayGood48%
The Arches Community Primary SchoolChester · 180 miles awayGood65%
Thameside Primary SchoolAbingdon · 56 miles awayGood48%
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary SchoolAshington · 298 miles awayGood41%
Broomhill Junior SchoolBristol · 76 miles awayExpected standard49%
Willow Tree Primary SchoolSt Helens · 190 miles awayRequires improvement73%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 197 miles awayGood44%
Hallam Fields Junior SchoolIlkeston · 144 miles awayGood44%
Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior SchoolGosport · 8 miles awayGood51%
Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolLiversedge · 198 miles awayGood72%
St Nicholas Church SchoolRadstock · 68 miles awayGood37%
Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, RydeRyde · 12 miles awayNeeds attention51%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 4% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.85 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
24.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

67% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 22% 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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.8 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 £51,185; 22.2% 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£7,323
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £429,887; in-year balance +£65,680

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.3%62.3%
Social housing16.5%17.1%
Privately rented12.2%20.5%
Detached houses45.5%22.9%
Flats12.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022963 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£297,000349 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£248,000–£385,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (90)£450,000
Semi-detached (85)£314,000
Terraced (112)£279,000
Flat (62)£130,000

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

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
25an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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