Someries Junior School

Someries Junior School is a happy, safe and inclusive community where pupils achieve well overall. Leaders have high expectations, reading is central to the curriculum, and pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum, strong attendance, and a wide range of clubs and community experiences. Personal development is well planned, relationships between staff and pupils are strong, and safeguarding is effective. Governors and staff are positive about leadership and professional development. The school's main areas for improvement are precise. In a minority of subjects, assessment is not as well developed, so teachers do not routinely check understanding and adapt learning; next steps for pupils with SEND are not always tailored fully to their needs; and the behaviour policy is not applied consistently by all staff, meaning a small minority of pupils do not always meet the school's high expectations. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and under the current framework no overall effectiveness grade was awarded.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and have positive attitudes to learning.
• Reading has a high priority and is well taught, with strong support for pupils who fall behind.
• The curriculum is ambitious and helps pupils achieve well overall.
• Pupils with SEND are identified promptly and typically achieve well.
• Attendance is high because leaders use effective strategies to support pupils and families.
• Personal development is well planned, including celebrating diversity and community contribution.
• Pupils have access to a wide range of clubs, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Staff relationships with pupils are strong and staff value leaders' consideration of wellbeing and workload.
• Governors understand strengths and areas for improvement and meet statutory duties.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Next steps for pupils with SEND are not always tailored fully to their needs.
• Assessment is less developed in some subjects, so teachers do not consistently check understanding or adapt learning.
• The behaviour policy is not applied consistently by all staff, and a small minority of pupils do not always meet high behaviour expectations.
• Pupils can sometimes be unkind to each other, although the school addresses this effectively.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Someries Junior School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.3% of pupils at Someries Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Someries Junior School had 25.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.8% of pupils at Someries Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Someries Junior School received £6,499 and spent £6,534 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£238 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Someries Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Someries Junior School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Someries Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Someries Junior School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Someries Junior School have?

Someries Junior School has 238 pupils on roll.

What age range does Someries Junior School cover?

Someries Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Someries Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Someries Junior School?

Someries Junior School is at Wigmore Lane, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8AH.