Anstey Junior School

Anstey Junior School is maintaining the strong standards established during its previous inspection, demonstrating effective action in its academic and social environment. The school has set high ambitions for all its pupils, fostering a culture based on respect, kindness, and a robust understanding of core values like belonging, learning, resilience, and well-being. Pupils exhibit positive behaviors, are eager to learn, and feel supported by staff, contributing to a safe and inclusive atmosphere. Notably, the curriculum is well organized, especially in English and mathematics, with strong support for pupils with SEND, allowing them to overcome challenges and thrive in their learning environment.

Strengths

• High ambition for all pupils
• Strong supportive atmosphere with a focus on respect and kindness
• Well-organized curriculum, particularly in English and mathematics
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Rigorous checks on pupils' knowledge and targeted support
• Systematic development of writing skills linked to wider learning
• Positive behaviour modelled by staff
• Wide range of clubs and extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects do not have a securely implemented curriculum, leading to gaps in pupil understanding

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 Anstey Junior School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Anstey 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 Anstey Junior School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% 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, 28.4% of pupils at Anstey Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.1% 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 Anstey Junior School received £7,433 and spent £7,177 for each of its 222 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £322,000 (£1,449 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 Anstey Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Anstey Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Anstey Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Anstey Junior School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Anstey Junior School have?

Anstey Junior School has 222 pupils on roll.

What age range does Anstey Junior School cover?

Anstey Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Anstey Junior School?

Anstey Junior School is at Eastbrooke Road, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2DR.