Duncton CofE Junior School

Duncton Church of England Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils express enjoyment in coming to school and exhibit positive interactions with peers and staff. The school fosters a safe and supportive environment where well-being checks are frequent, contributing to a healthy learning atmosphere. The curriculum is ambitious and caters well for most subjects, helping pupils acquire essential skills and knowledge effectively. However, some areas within the wider curriculum lack precise identification of key knowledge, preventing pupils from reaching their full potential in these subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy their learning and feel happy at school.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers contributes to effective learning.
• Support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is well implemented.
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum facilitates secure knowledge building.
• Effective phonics and reading instruction enable pupils to catch up rapidly.
• Positive relationships exist between pupils and staff, enhancing classroom behavior.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum subjects lack clear identification of essential knowledge.

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 Duncton CofE Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.4% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Duncton CofE 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 Duncton CofE Junior School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 44.0% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Duncton CofE 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 Duncton CofE Junior School received £10,247 and spent £9,826 for each of its 50 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £33,000 (£651 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 Duncton CofE Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Duncton CofE Junior School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Duncton CofE Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Duncton CofE Junior School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Duncton CofE Junior School have?

Duncton CofE Junior School has 50 pupils on roll.

What age range does Duncton CofE Junior School cover?

Duncton CofE Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Duncton CofE Junior School?

Duncton CofE Junior School is at Willett Close, Duncton, Petworth, West Sussex, GU28 0LB.