Andover Church of England Primary School

Andover Church of England Primary School is a warm, inclusive school where pupils behave well, show positive attitudes and benefit from calm classrooms and strong relationships. Safeguarding is effective, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and supported well, reading is a clear priority, and recent mathematics and Reception curriculum changes are raising expectations. Personal development is well considered, most pupils attend well, and staff feel supported. However, the quality of education still requires improvement. Recent curriculum changes have not had time to improve achievement consistently, and published key stage 2 outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics were below expectations in 2024. Curriculum delivery and the precise knowledge and skills pupils should learn are inconsistent across subjects and year groups, leaving some pupils, including those with SEND, with gaps and limiting progress over time. Too many pupils also arrive late, missing important learning. This was a graded inspection, and the headteacher took up post in September 2024. The school has worked with determination since its previous inspection. It now needs to strengthen teacher expertise, embed a clear and sequenced curriculum in all subjects, and extend strategies to reduce lateness.

Strengths

• Warm, friendly and inclusive school community
• Pupils behave well and have positive attitudes to learning
• Low-level disruption is rare and classrooms are calm and purposeful
• Pupils show respect for others and embrace difference
• Well-trained staff identify and support pupils with SEND swiftly and robustly
• Reading is prioritised and pupils become enthusiastic, accurate and fluent readers
• Structured mathematics teaching builds pupils' confidence with numbers
• The Reception curriculum is new and successfully embedded
• Personal development is well considered, including online safety, health and healthy relationships
• Robust systems have improved attendance for most pupils
• Staff are proud of the school and value its supportive environment
• Staff and governors work well together and are committed to improvement
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education requires improvement
• Curriculum delivery is inconsistent across subjects and year groups
• Some subjects lack precise identification of the knowledge and skills pupils need to learn
• Pupils have gaps in knowledge and do not consistently build on prior learning
• Published key stage 2 outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics were below expectations in 2024
• Recent curriculum changes have not yet had enough impact on achievement
• Too many pupils arrive late and miss valuable learning at the start of the day
• Pupils with SEND are not always learning as well as they should because of curriculum inconsistencies
• Teacher expertise needs further strengthening to ensure a consistently high-quality 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 Andover Church of England Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.2% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Andover Church of England 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 Andover Church of England Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 43.1% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Andover Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.4% 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 Andover Church of England Primary School received £7,293 and spent £7,639 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £20,000 (£100 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 Andover Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Andover Church of England Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Andover Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Andover Church of England Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Andover Church of England Primary School have?

Andover Church of England Primary School has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Andover Church of England Primary School cover?

Andover Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Andover Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Andover Church of England Primary School?

Andover Church of England Primary School is at East Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1EP.