Chalk Ridge Primary School

Chalk Ridge Primary School is a happy, welcoming school with a positive culture and respectful relationships. Inspectors judged the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision to be good. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and there have been changes in leadership since the previous inspection. Pupils feel safe, are well supported, and disadvantaged pupils, including those with SEND, are well known and generally learn alongside their peers.

Strengths

• Pupils are very happy, welcoming and proud of their school's positive culture.
• Staff have high expectations and build positive relationships with pupils.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are well known and access the same learning as others.
• Phonics teaching is strong, with frequent practice and quick extra help for pupils who need it.
• Wider reading is a priority, with enthusiastic readers and a range of library books and rewards.
• The curriculum has been redesigned with clearly identified key knowledge and sequenced learning.
• Teachers have deep subject knowledge in most subjects, enabling precise teaching and assessment.
• Early years provision is kind and welcoming, with children settling quickly and well prepared for Year 1.
• The school's values help embed a positive culture where pupils respect similarities and differences.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Governors understand their role in ensuring changes benefit all pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, staff do not yet have secure subject knowledge, so pupils' misconceptions are not always identified and addressed.
• The wider personal development offer, including clubs and activities, is not as well developed as the academic curriculum, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.
• Teaching for more experienced readers is not yet fully effective, as pupils do not always find out the meaning of unfamiliar words, slowing vocabulary development.

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 Chalk Ridge Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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 Chalk Ridge Primary 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 Chalk Ridge Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.5% 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, 7.1% of pupils at Chalk Ridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.5% 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 Chalk Ridge Primary School received £7,459 and spent £8,191 for each of its 283 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £39,000 (-£139 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 Chalk Ridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chalk Ridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Chalk Ridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chalk Ridge Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Chalk Ridge Primary School have?

Chalk Ridge Primary School has 283 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chalk Ridge Primary School cover?

Chalk Ridge Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Chalk Ridge Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chalk Ridge Primary School?

Chalk Ridge Primary School is at Sullivan Road, Brighton Hill, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 4ER.