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Walsh CofE Junior School

Primary · Ash · GU12 6LT

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 June 2022

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At a glance

223 pupils · 87% of 256 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
31.8% of pupils
English as additional language
17.1% of pupils
SEN support
20.7% of pupils
EHC plan
11.1% of pupils
Website
https://www.walshschools.uk/
URN
150347

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
25%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 2% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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