South End Junior School

South End Junior School continues to maintain its status as a good educational institution. The school fosters a positive and engaging environment where pupils feel safe and supported. Most students achieve well academically, although there are concerns regarding the performance of some disadvantaged pupils. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, ensuring that it meets the needs of all learners, including those with special educational needs. However, challenges remain, particularly in writing skills, where certain pupils are not progressing as quickly as expected.

Strengths

• Pupils show positive attitudes to learning and good behavior.
• The curriculum is well-planned and ambitious for all pupils.
• Strong emphasis on reading and support for those who struggle.
• Effective coaching for teachers enhances mathematics instruction.
• Leaders prioritize personal development through diverse extracurricular activities.
• Well-embedded behavior policy leads to little disruption in lessons.

Areas for Improvement

• Some disadvantaged pupils are not achieving as well as they should.
• Writing skills of certain pupils are not developing quickly enough.

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 South End Junior School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% 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 South End 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 South End Junior School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.3% 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, 17.5% of pupils at South End Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 South End Junior School received £5,919 and spent £5,702 for each of its 338 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £261,000 (£771 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 South End Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South End Junior School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was South End Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

South End Junior School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does South End Junior School have?

South End Junior School has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does South End Junior School cover?

South End Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is South End Junior School?

South End Junior School is at Wymington Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 9JU.