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Andover Church of England Primary School

Primary · Andover · SP10 1EP

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 17 June 2025

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At a glance

202 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
36.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.andover-pri.hants.sch.uk
URN
116269

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 1.08 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 17 June 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 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 21 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 (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.08 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school38%
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
St John and St James CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 66 miles awayOutstanding69%
Orion BlenheimOrpington · 70 miles awayNo current grade71%
Manor Field Junior SchoolBasingstoke · 16 miles awayGood72%
Kineton Green Primary SchoolSolihull · 86 miles awayGood59%
Micklem Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 57 miles awayGood52%
Hawthorns Primary SchoolWorthing · 53 miles awayRequires improvement67%
Fir Tree Primary School and NurseryNewbury · 16 miles awayGood53%
Brackenbury Primary SchoolBrighton · 60 miles awayExpected standard55%
Peartree Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City · 68 miles awayNo current grade75%
Thorntree Primary SchoolLondon · 68 miles awayExpected standard73%
Marden Lodge Primary School and NurseryCaterham · 61 miles awayExpected standard64%
St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 65 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Black African 10% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 5% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · 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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.68 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
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

57% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 33% 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)

85.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 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 £50,230; 18.2% 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£7,639
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £20,181; in-year balance -£69,757

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health38.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier32.1%62.3%
Social housing36.5%17.1%
Privately rented31.1%20.5%
Detached houses8.6%22.9%
Flats65.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023202 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,000448 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£172,500–£341,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£440,000
Semi-detached (90)£310,000
Terraced (126)£260,000
Flat (150)£151,000

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 (1.74 km, 2020 entry): 869 sales, median £270,000. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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