Northern Junior School

Northern Junior School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all key areas during its inspection. The environment is welcoming and friendly, with strong relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a positive atmosphere where students can prosper. Leaders demonstrate high expectations for both achievement and behavior, ensuring that all students, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive ample support to flourish in their educational journey. Despite these strengths, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in mathematics, where not all pupils fully grasp reasoning and problem-solving skills. Furthermore, assessment methods in certain foundation subjects require enhancement to better gauge student understanding. Leaders are aware of these challenges and are proactively working on strategies to address them, aiming to optimize learning outcomes for all students.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a welcoming and supportive school environment.
• High expectations of achievement and behavior are set by leaders.
• Strong pastoral support promotes mental health awareness among students.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND allows them to learn confidently.
• A robust and exciting curriculum is designed to build on prior knowledge.
• Reading is prioritized with high-quality texts to enhance vocabulary and engagement.
• Strong personal development programs help pupils understand diversity and respect.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle with mathematical reasoning and problem-solving.
• Inconsistent assessment methods in foundation subjects hinder tracking of student 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 Northern Junior School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Northern 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 Northern Junior School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.3% 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, 21.8% of pupils at Northern Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Northern Junior School received £6,712 and spent £6,755 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £132,000 (£626 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 Northern Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Northern Junior School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Northern Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Northern Junior School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Northern Junior School have?

Northern Junior School has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Northern Junior School cover?

Northern Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

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

Where is Northern Junior School?

Northern Junior School is at Richmond Rise, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 8DG.