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Burnham Copse Primary School

Primary · Tadley · RG26 4HN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 11 February 2025

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At a glance

308 pupils · 98% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bcp.hants.sch.uk/
URN
131516

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 33 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.9 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 11 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

33 places offered · 30 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.9 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
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
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolRawtenstall · 169 miles awayGood44%
Portway Junior SchoolDerby · 111 miles awayGood56%
The Thomas Coram Church of England SchoolBerkhamsted · 37 miles awayGood68%
Higher Bebington Junior SchoolWirral · 159 miles awayGood64%
Dale Hall Community Primary SchoolIpswich · 110 miles awayGood67%
Ravenshead CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · 120 miles awayExpected standard58%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolNewton-le-Willows · 158 miles awayOutstanding83%
Dinglewell Junior SchoolGloucester · 56 miles awayGood78%
Copthorne CofE Junior SchoolCopthorne · 47 miles awayGood63%
Miers Court Primary SchoolRainham · 76 miles awayExpected standard56%
Sedgefield Hardwick Primary AcademyStockton-on-Tees · 229 miles awayNo current grade87%
Cherry Grove Primary SchoolChester · 146 miles awayGood (2015)61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · 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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.91 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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school

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)

35.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 25 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 £47,205; 15% 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£6,568
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £28,257; in-year balance -£48,795

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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 higher30.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.3%62.3%
Social housing9.6%17.1%
Privately rented8.2%20.5%
Detached houses28.7%22.9%
Flats2.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022554 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£355,000271 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£306,000–£420,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (69)£475,000
Semi-detached (93)£365,000
Terraced (90)£320,000
Flat (19)£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 Reception cutoff distance (1.45 km, 2025 entry): 484 sales, median £347,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an 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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