Liss Junior School

Liss Junior School is performing at a good level overall, maintaining its previous inspection grade. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils are encouraged to adopt 'can-do' attitudes while adhering to high expectations. Notably, the school's focus on cultivating independence and self-confidence among all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, supports a strong sense of community and engagement in learning. However, while progress is evident, some foundation subjects lack systematic reinforcement of previously learned material, posing challenges for pupils in recalling earlier concepts.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high levels of independence and self-confidence.
• Strong emphasis on collaborative problem-solving among pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Reading curriculum is well-structured and helps pupils improve their comprehension skills.
• Pupils engage positively in a variety of extracurricular activities, enhancing their overall development.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, pupils do not revisit previous learning systematically.
• Subject-specific vocabulary is not always explicitly taught in foundation subjects.

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 Liss Junior School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Liss 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 Liss Junior School had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.4% 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 Liss Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 11 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 Liss Junior School received £8,091 and spent £8,211 for each of its 176 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £42,000 (-£240 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 Liss Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Liss Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Liss Junior School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Liss Junior School have?

Liss Junior School has 176 pupils on roll.

What age range does Liss Junior School cover?

Liss Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Liss Junior School?

Liss Junior School is at Hillbrow Road, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 7LQ.