Guillemont Junior School

Guillemont Junior School has improved strongly since its previous inspection and is now judged good across all key areas. Pupils achieve well in a calm, caring and inclusive environment, with positive behaviour, strong pastoral care and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Reading and phonics are particular strengths, and pupils benefit from a broad range of trips, leadership roles and extra-curricular opportunities. The school is well led, parents speak highly of its ethos, and governors provide strong support and challenge. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Attendance has improved, and pupils are well prepared for secondary school and life in modern Britain. There are still some areas to refine. Occasionally, lesson activities do not fully match the high ambitions of the curriculum, and assessment is not yet fully embedded in some foundation subjects, meaning gaps in pupils' knowledge are not always identified and addressed swiftly.

Strengths

• Strong improvements since the previous inspection
• High expectations for achievement and behaviour
• Pupils achieve well and behaviour is positive
• Calm classrooms and joyful playtimes
• Pastoral care is a significant strength
• Highly effective support enables pupils with SEND to thrive
• Reading and phonics are taught with high quality
• Pupils learn and remember knowledge well in history and science
• Strong calculation and problem-solving in mathematics
• Respectful and kind pupil conduct
• Warm and supportive relationships between pupils and staff
• Attendance has improved further
• Broad personal development, trips and extra-curricular opportunities
• Compassionate and determined leadership
• Governors provide strong support and challenge
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Some lesson activities do not meet the full ambitions of the curriculum
• Some pupils do not securely learn important content across subjects
• Assessment is not fully embedded in some foundation subjects
• Gaps in pupils' knowledge are not always sharply identified and addressed
• Misconceptions are not always identified and addressed swiftly across the curriculum

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 Guillemont Junior School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Guillemont 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 Guillemont Junior School had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 20.1% of pupils at Guillemont Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 18 pupils.

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 Guillemont Junior School received £8,335 and spent £8,237 for each of its 303 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £382,000 (£1,260 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 Guillemont Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Guillemont Junior School is Good, from an inspection in August 2025.

When was Guillemont Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Guillemont Junior School was last inspected in August 2025.

How many pupils does Guillemont Junior School have?

Guillemont Junior School has 303 pupils on roll.

What age range does Guillemont Junior School cover?

Guillemont Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Guillemont Junior School?

Guillemont Junior School is at Sandy Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9ES.