Winklebury Junior School

Winklebury Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its 'good' status in this recent inspection. The school has established a supportive and engaging environment where pupils feel valued, safe, and are motivated to achieve. Pupils demonstrate a strong rapport with teachers, and the curriculum is designed thoughtfully, particularly in reading and mathematics, where pupils excel and enjoy their lessons. Additional extracurricular activities contribute to pupils' personal development and interests, making their experience at the school positive. However, there are areas for improvement, notably in ensuring that assessment practices are effectively used to challenge all pupils appropriately and to support better retention of knowledge across foundation subjects. While pupils with special educational needs receive tailored support, leaders need to ensure that teaching consistently builds on prior knowledge to deepen understanding. The school has shown continuous commitment to enhancing educational quality since its last inspection.

Strengths

• Warm and caring school environment.
• Effective phonics support enabling rapid progress for early readers.
• Strong understanding of mathematics through practical materials.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and included.
• Rich extracurricular activities enhance personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessments to challenge all pupils.
• Foundation subjects sometimes have excessive factual content, leading to poor retention.
• Learning activities do not always build on prior knowledge.

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 Winklebury Junior School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% 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, 2.8% of pupils at Winklebury 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 Winklebury Junior School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.0% 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, 6.6% of pupils at Winklebury Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.6% 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 Winklebury Junior School received £7,712 and spent £7,784 for each of its 198 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £171,000 (£866 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 Winklebury Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winklebury Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Winklebury Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winklebury Junior School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Winklebury Junior School have?

Winklebury Junior School has 198 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winklebury Junior School cover?

Winklebury Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winklebury Junior School?

Winklebury Junior School is at Willoughby Way, Off Winklebury Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG23 8AF.