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Sun Hill Junior School

Primary · Alresford · SO24 9NB

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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: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026

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At a glance

145 pupils · 55% of 264 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.sunhilljs.net
URN
144882

In figures

At its report-card inspection on 28 April 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 5.3% 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school58%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
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
Motcombe CofE Primary SchoolShaftesbury · 46 miles awayGood68%
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · 91 miles awayGood54%
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary AcademySaffron Walden · 87 miles awayGood78%
St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolSolihull · 93 miles awayGood70%
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · 98 miles awayGood60%
Radley Church of England Primary SchoolAbingdon · 42 miles awayGood75%
Whitchurch Primary SchoolReading · 28 miles awayGood65%
RAF Benson Community Primary SchoolWallingford · 37 miles awayGood94%
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolBakewell · 151 miles awayGood83%
Oxspring Primary SchoolSheffield · 169 miles awayGood78%
South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & NurseryLYMINGTON · 27 miles awayGood56%
Primrose Lane Primary SchoolWetherby · 195 miles awayExpected standard59%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
3 of 12 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 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)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

77.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.6 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 £54,048; 11.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,506
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £46,000; in-year balance -£25,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher42.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.5%62.3%
Social housing9.2%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses38.5%22.9%
Flats15.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023278 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£480,000202 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£372,500–£604,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (66)£629,000
Semi-detached (48)£470,000
Terraced (57)£440,000
Flat (31)£240,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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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