Banstead Community Junior School

Banstead Community Junior School is performing well overall, with a 'Good' rating across all key areas including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school promotes a strong sense of community, and pupils demonstrate positive behaviours and attitudes. With a curriculum that is ambitious and tailored to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs, it provides substantial opportunities for both academic and personal growth. Notably, the school has made improvements since its previous inspection, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued in a nurturing environment.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and warm relationships among pupils and staff
• Pupils exhibit positive behaviour and good manners
• Ambitious curriculum that has been improved since the last inspection
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Wide range of extra-curricular opportunities available to pupils
• Strong focus on personal development and preparation for life in modern Britain

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent subject knowledge and confidence among some teachers in foundation subjects
• Leaders lack a sharp overview of trends from behaviour records

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 Banstead Community Junior School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.6% 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, 1.6% of pupils at Banstead Community 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 Banstead Community Junior School had 14.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.6% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Banstead Community Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Banstead Community Junior School received £7,498 and spent £7,637 for each of its 278 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £48,000 (-£171 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 Banstead Community Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Banstead Community Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Banstead Community Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Banstead Community Junior School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Banstead Community Junior School have?

Banstead Community Junior School has 278 pupils on roll.

What age range does Banstead Community Junior School cover?

Banstead Community Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Banstead Community Junior School?

Banstead Community Junior School is at The Horseshoe, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2BQ.