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Hatch Warren Junior School

Primary · Basingstoke · RG22 4PQ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 8 May 2024

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At a glance

350 pupils · 97% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://hwjs.hants.sch.uk
URN
116255

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Good on 8 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% 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 (2020 entry)

Attending a linked infant school
2.39 miles

2020 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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 Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 167 miles awayGood53%
Northmead Junior SchoolGuildford · 23 miles awayGood61%
Stanley Primary SchoolTeddington · 36 miles awayGood69%
The Hermitage Junior SchoolWoking · 23 miles awayGood63%
Guillemont Junior SchoolFarnborough · 15 miles awayGood61%
Sawtry Junior AcademyHuntingdon · 90 miles awayGood50%
Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary SchoolMarlborough · 29 miles awayGood (2019)57%
Oldbury Park Primary SchoolWorcester · 82 miles awayGood60%
Green Street Green Primary SchoolOrpington · 53 miles awayGood75%
Ivy Bank Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 145 miles awayGood56%
Oaklands Primary SchoolYeovil · 69 miles awayGood61%
Hatfeild Primary SchoolMorden · 41 miles awayGood63%

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%) · Any other White background 8% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

17.00 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
23.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 12% 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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.2 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 £49,944; 18.8% 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£7,021
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £189,089; in-year balance -£8,887

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.6%62.3%
Social housing3.8%17.1%
Privately rented12.5%20.5%
Detached houses73%22.9%
Flats2.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms58.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022510 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,000384 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£275,000–£450,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (107)£505,000
Semi-detached (55)£375,000
Terraced (188)£292,000
Flat (34)£160,500

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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