Foxhills Junior School

Foxhills Junior School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' grade overall due to its effective leadership, strong curriculum, and positive pupil attitudes. The school has fostered a supportive environment that promotes both academic success and personal development, with leaders and staff committed to ensuring all pupils can reach their potential. Pupils are engaged and motivated, demonstrating high levels of involvement in school activities and a strong sense of community. However, while the teaching in core subjects is robust, there are areas such as music, art, and modern foreign languages where the curriculum could be better sequenced to enhance student learning.

Strengths

• Pupils show eagerness to learn and excel.
• Curriculum is well-structured and motivates students.
• High standards of behaviour and strong school values.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong leadership and dedicated staff.
• Good relationships between staff and pupils.
• Pupils feel safe and valued in the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum sequencing in art, music, and MFL needs improvement.

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 Foxhills Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Foxhills 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 Foxhills Junior School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.8% 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, 11.0% of pupils at Foxhills Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Foxhills Junior School received £6,971 and spent £6,928 for each of its 281 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £179,000 (£636 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 Foxhills Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Foxhills Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Foxhills Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Foxhills Junior School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Foxhills Junior School have?

Foxhills Junior School has 281 pupils on roll.

What age range does Foxhills Junior School cover?

Foxhills Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Foxhills Junior School?

Foxhills Junior School is at Foxhills Lane, Ashurst, New Forest, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 7ED.