Springwood Junior School

Springwood Junior School remains a good educational institution, fostering an inclusive environment where kindness and safety are paramount. Pupils are encouraged to engage responsibly in school life, contributing to initiatives like recycling and promoting road safety awareness. The school's focus on reading is a notable strength, with a well-structured phonics program helping younger students develop confidence in literacy. Besides, the curriculum is generally well-organized, promoting solid understanding in key areas like mathematics. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly regarding curriculum development in some subjects where leaders still need to identify essential knowledge students should acquire. While the school typically supports students well, including those with special educational needs, a lack of formal checks on prior learning in foundation subjects may hinder some pupils’ learning progress. Overall, the school continues to uphold high expectations and delivers effective teaching while acknowledging the need for certain curriculum refinements.

Strengths

• Inclusive environment where everyone is welcome.
• Pupils demonstrate kindness and support for one another.
• High emphasis on reading with quality texts and phonics support.
• Well-planned and sequenced curriculum in most subjects.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong character development and pupil behaviour management.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning needs refinement in some subjects.
• Lack of routine checks on prior learning in foundation subjects.

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 Springwood Junior School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Springwood 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 Springwood Junior School had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.6% 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, 38.4% of pupils at Springwood Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 Springwood Junior School received £7,623 and spent £7,323 for each of its 219 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £430,000 (£1,963 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 Springwood Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Springwood Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Springwood Junior School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Springwood Junior School have?

Springwood Junior School has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Springwood Junior School cover?

Springwood Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Springwood Junior School?

Springwood Junior School is at Springwood Avenue, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 8ED.