Church Crookham Junior School

Church Crookham Junior School has transitioned from an Outstanding grade seven years ago to a current Good grade under the latest inspection framework. This change reflects a period of development and a commitment to providing a quality education despite the lengthy gap between inspections. The school fosters a welcoming environment where pupils are happy, feel safe, and demonstrate high motivation throughout their lessons. Most pupils achieve highly due to a comprehensive curriculum that includes an emphasis on personal development, encouraging respect for diversity and responsibility through various extracurricular activities.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high levels of motivation and enjoy their lessons.
• Strong focus on personal development, teaching respect for diversity.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Well sequenced and ambitious curriculum areas.
• High participation in extracurricular activities, including sports and music.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in staff training leading to varied curriculum delivery.
• Not all staff are confident teaching early reading, affecting some pupils' progress.
• Suspensions are higher than desired and not reducing quickly enough.

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 Church Crookham Junior School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Church Crookham 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 Church Crookham Junior School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.0% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Church Crookham Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Church Crookham Junior School received £6,521 and spent £6,817 for each of its 510 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £88,000 (£173 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 Church Crookham Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Church Crookham Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Church Crookham Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Church Crookham Junior School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Church Crookham Junior School have?

Church Crookham Junior School has 510 pupils on roll.

What age range does Church Crookham Junior School cover?

Church Crookham Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Church Crookham Junior School?

Church Crookham Junior School is at Tweseldown Road, Tweseldown Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8BW.