South View Junior School

South View Junior School maintains its status as a good school, demonstrating a strong commitment to the well-being and development of its pupils. The school fosters a friendly and supportive environment where students enjoy coming to school and engaging in a well-rounded curriculum that includes essential life skills. Leaders actively strive for high standards in academics, particularly in reading and mathematics, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued. The school also emphasizes the importance of mental well-being and community responsibility, with pupils taking on leadership roles in various capacities.

Strengths

• The school has a caring and friendly environment.
• Leaders set high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs.
• Curriculum is well-designed and sequenced, helping pupils build knowledge over time.
• Reading is a significant focus, with dedicated efforts to improve skills for all students.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND allows them to thrive academically.
• Pupils actively participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, teachers do not consistently revisit important 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 South View Junior School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% 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, 3.4% of pupils at South View 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 South View Junior School had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.4% 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, 16.5% of pupils at South View Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 18.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 25 pupils.

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 South View Junior School received £8,815 and spent £9,224 for each of its 255 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £33,000 (£130 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 South View Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was South View Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

South View Junior School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does South View Junior School have?

South View Junior School has 255 pupils on roll.

What age range does South View Junior School cover?

South View Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is South View Junior School?

South View Junior School is at Shooters Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 5LL.