The Knights Enham Junior School

The Knights Enham Junior School is an ambitious school that cares for its pupils and has a strong sense of community, but pupils are not yet achieving as well as they should. The quality of education is the main concern: important parts of the curriculum are not delivered well enough, particularly in phonics, spelling and mathematics, so many pupils who need additional support do not catch up quickly and are not well prepared for secondary school. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified well and generally supported effectively, especially in foundation subjects, but gaps remain in core areas. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management are strengths. Pupils understand and try to live by the school’s values, they are typically kind and respectful, and lessons are rarely disrupted. Attendance has improved rapidly. Pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment and leadership opportunities, and staff, parents and pupils value the school’s community focus, including support for families. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The inspection took place after significant changes in staffing and leadership, and the school joined a federation with The Knights Enham Infant School in September 2024. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders and governors are responding robustly to previous low key stage 2 outcomes, but they need to ensure all staff have the expertise to close gaps quickly, present new learning precisely and use assessment consistently to check that all pupils are learning the intended curriculum.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum design covering important skills and knowledge
• Most pupils learn well in foundation subjects
• Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Strong personal development programme, including safety and health education
• Pupils understand and demonstrate the school values
• Rapid improvements in attendance
• Consistent and fair behaviour policy with rare lesson disruption
• Wide range of leadership and enrichment opportunities for pupils
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Strong support for families and a positive sense of community
• Governance provides appropriate support to move the school forward

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education requires improvement
• Pupils do not achieve as well as they should, especially in phonics, spelling and mathematics
• Phonics catch-up does not move pupils on swiftly enough once they are competent
• Mathematics support does not help pupils rapidly master basic numeracy skills
• Teachers are sometimes imprecise when explaining mathematical reasoning
• New learning is not always presented clearly and precisely enough
• Assessment approaches in some subjects are not fully developed
• Pupils requiring additional support do not rapidly catch up and are not well prepared for secondary 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 The Knights Enham Junior School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 0.6% of pupils at The Knights Enham 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 The Knights Enham Junior School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.9% 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, 15.0% of pupils at The Knights Enham Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% 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 The Knights Enham Junior School received £8,988 and spent £8,346 for each of its 173 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £140,000 (£810 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 The Knights Enham Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Knights Enham Junior School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was The Knights Enham Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Knights Enham Junior School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does The Knights Enham Junior School have?

The Knights Enham Junior School has 173 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Knights Enham Junior School cover?

The Knights Enham Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are The Knights Enham Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Knights Enham Junior School?

The Knights Enham Junior School is at King Arthur's Way, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 4BS.