Fryern Junior School

Fryern Junior School continues to exhibit good performance, as highlighted in its recent inspection report. The school fosters a nurturing environment that emphasizes the importance of personal and social development alongside academic achievement. Pupils demonstrate impressive attitudes towards learning, supported by a well-designed curriculum that helps them to not only gain knowledge but also to develop valuable life skills through activities outside the classroom. The school's strong focus on reading has led to pupils becoming competent and confident readers, with effective support for those requiring additional help. Despite these strengths, some areas of improvement have been identified. While the school has received praise for its leadership and the progress made in enhancing support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), there are concerns regarding the clarity of learning objectives in foundation subjects and consistency in teaching mathematics. Addressing these issues will be crucial for ensuring that all pupils can effectively retain and recall important information over time. This inspection marks the first routine evaluation since the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the school to contextualize the ongoing challenges it faces.

Strengths

• Caring staff who genuinely want pupils to succeed.
• Well-designed curriculum that ignites interest in learning.
• Strong support for personal and social development.
• Effective reading program leading to confident readers.
• Valuable life skills taught through extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Incomplete identification of key learning for foundation subjects.
• Inconsistent quality of mathematics teaching across the school.

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 Fryern Junior School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% 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 Fryern 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 Fryern Junior School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.4% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Fryern 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 Fryern Junior School received £6,772 and spent £7,419 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £263,000 (£1,262 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 Fryern Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Fryern Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fryern Junior School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Fryern Junior School have?

Fryern Junior School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fryern Junior School cover?

Fryern Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fryern Junior School?

Fryern Junior School is at Oakmount Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2LN.