Wootey Junior School

Wootey Junior School is performing well overall, continuing to be recognized as a good school. Pupils flourish in a happy environment, demonstrating eagerness to learn and enthusiasm during lessons. The strong relationships between staff and students promote a sense of safety and pride among the pupils, who appreciate the high expectations of behavior and the supportive atmosphere. The school has implemented a broad curriculum that engages students, with a particular focus on reading and mathematics, which are strengths of the institution. However, there are noted concerns regarding the matching of reading material to the phonics knowledge of early readers, indicating a need for improvement in this area.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• A broad and ambitious curriculum that motivates pupils
• High priority placed on reading with a wide vocabulary emphasis
• Effective mathematics teaching with well-sequenced learning journeys
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Proactive safeguarding measures and a well-designed safeguarding curriculum
• Wide range of activities that broaden pupils' knowledge beyond the local area

Areas for Improvement

• Inadequate matching of reading books to early readers' phonics knowledge
• Need for increased training for staff in early reading strategies

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 Wootey Junior School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.5% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Wootey 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 Wootey Junior School had 15.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% 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, 26.1% of pupils at Wootey Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 Wootey Junior School received £7,689 and spent £7,961 for each of its 157 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £186,000 (£1,183 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 Wootey Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wootey Junior School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022.

When was Wootey Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wootey Junior School was last inspected in June 2022.

How many pupils does Wootey Junior School have?

Wootey Junior School has 157 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wootey Junior School cover?

Wootey Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

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

Where is Wootey Junior School?

Wootey Junior School is at Wooteys Way, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2JA.