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Marchwood Junior School

Primary · Southampton · SO40 4ZH

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

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

Inspected 5 June 2024

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At a glance

258 pupils · 72% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.marchwood-jun.hants.sch.uk/
URN
116073

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 5 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
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
Pocklington Junior SchoolYork · 212 miles awayGood65%
Hobletts Manor Junior SchoolHemel Hempstead · 74 miles awayGood78%
Bidbury Junior SchoolHavant · 20 miles awayGood (2019)49%
Oldfield Park Junior SchoolBath · 52 miles awayNo current grade63%
Thurlby Community Primary AcademyBourne · 136 miles awayGood65%
Lydney Church of England Community SchoolLydney · 74 miles awayGood65%
Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolCranbrook · 89 miles awayGood64%
St David's Church of England Primary SchoolMoreton-in-Marsh · 77 miles awayNeeds attention68%
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolKnaresborough · 216 miles awayGood71%
Summerfields Primary SchoolNewport · 15 miles awayGood52%
Gillibrand Primary SchoolChorley · 197 miles awayGood66%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolRochford · 105 miles awayGood38%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Black African 4% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 4% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.36 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
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% 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)

38.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £46,310; 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£7,449
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

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

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £471,031; in-year balance -£36,094

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.8%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses42.3%22.9%
Flats8.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023047 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£305,000151 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£217,500–£420,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£455,000
Semi-detached (25)£315,000
Terraced (46)£261,000
Flat (30)£168,500

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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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