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Horndean Church of England Junior School

Primary · Waterlooville · PO8 9NW

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

Inspected 14 July 2026 · report published 20 September 2026

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At a glance

453 pupils · 88% of 512 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
18.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.horndeanjuniorschool.co.uk
URN
116292

In figures

At its report-card inspection on 14 July 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 3.6% 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.13 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
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
Lincewood Primary AcademyBasildon · 76 miles awayNot yet graded49%
Biggin Hill Primary SchoolWesterham · 53 miles awayGood57%
Orchard Junior SchoolSouthampton · 18 miles awayExpected standard64%
Watermore Primary SchoolFrampton Cotterell · 77 miles awayGood82%
Marus Bridge Primary SchoolWigan · 193 miles awayNo current grade79%
Stewart Fleming Primary SchoolLondon · 53 miles awayOutstanding70%
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLeeds · 204 miles awayGood61%
Barley Hill Primary SchoolThame · 58 miles awayNo current grade68%
Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolCoalville · 127 miles awayGood56%
Northowram Primary SchoolHalifax · 198 miles awayGood70%
Eastbrook Primary AcademyBrighton · 34 miles awayRequires improvement68%
Hextable Primary SchoolSwanley · 62 miles awayGood66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.48 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
22.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 17% 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)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £51,687; 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£6,268
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £476,174; in-year balance +£54,811

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.2%62.3%
Social housing12.3%17.1%
Privately rented8.4%20.5%
Detached houses63.3%22.9%
Flats5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022613 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£365,000223 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£285,000–£487,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (99)£490,000
Semi-detached (49)£332,000
Terraced (44)£300,000
Flat (31)£195,000

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

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (1.82 km, 2020 entry): 580 sales, median £385,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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