Kings Furlong Junior School

Kings Furlong Junior School is a community junior school for pupils aged 7 to 11, with 239 pupils on roll. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and followed a previous inspection judged Good. The school remains Good in all key judgements, although graded inspections from September 2024 do not carry an overall effectiveness grade. Inspectors found an inclusive, happy school where pupils enjoy learning, behave well and benefit from high ambitions and ongoing improvement. The school's strengths include a well-sequenced curriculum, strong subject knowledge among staff, effective support for pupils with SEND, and a strong focus on reading and mathematics. Pupils are well supported to become fluent readers, and recent changes have helped them produce more accurate writing and solve mathematical problems more securely. Behaviour and attitudes are good, attendance has improved, and pupils have a wide range of opportunities to take responsibility and develop empathy. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is assessment in some subjects. The school does not always check effectively whether pupils have remembered previously taught knowledge, which means pupils do not achieve as well as they could in those subjects. Leaders need to ensure systems are in place to check pupils' understanding so that knowledge can be built and connected over time.

Strengths

• High ambitions and expectations help pupils achieve well.
• Pupils behave well and have warm, respectful relationships.
• A well-sequenced curriculum sets out the knowledge pupils need to learn.
• Staff have strong subject knowledge and model ideas well.
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively.
• Reading is prioritised highly, with well-trained staff and useful catch-up support.
• Recent changes in mathematics help pupils master concepts and solve advanced problems.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of responsibilities and personal development opportunities.
• Attendance has improved, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those who speak English as an additional language.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, assessment does not check effectively whether pupils have remembered previously taught knowledge.
• Pupils do not achieve as well as they could in subjects where checking of understanding is weak.

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 Kings Furlong Junior School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Kings Furlong 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 Kings Furlong Junior School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.4% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Kings Furlong Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% 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 Kings Furlong Junior School received £7,433 and spent £7,512 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £18,000 (-£81 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 Kings Furlong Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kings Furlong Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Kings Furlong Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kings Furlong Junior School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Kings Furlong Junior School have?

Kings Furlong Junior School has 227 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kings Furlong Junior School cover?

Kings Furlong Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

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

Where is Kings Furlong Junior School?

Kings Furlong Junior School is at Upper Chestnut Drive, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 8YJ.