Cordwalles Junior School

Cordwalles Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its good status in this inspection. The school fosters a supportive and ambitious learning environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to respect one another. Leaders prioritize an ambitious curriculum that caters to all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Despite the positive environment and effective teaching, there are areas for improvement, particularly in phonics instruction for some staff, impacting the progress of weaker readers. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and leaders have made commendable adjustments to the curriculum in response.

Strengths

• Strong school values of respect, endeavour and succeed.
• High expectations of pupil behaviour and conduct.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Promotes a love of reading and develops comprehension skills.
• Positive partnerships with parents and strong staff morale.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff lack sufficient knowledge in phonics, affecting the reading progress of weaker pupils.

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 Cordwalles Junior School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Cordwalles 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 Cordwalles Junior School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% 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, 15.1% of pupils at Cordwalles Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 2024–25 Cordwalles Junior School received £7,290 and spent £6,915 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £187,000 (£852 per pupil).

Across all 42 schools of Glf Schools, income was £7,514 and spending £7,514 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Camberley · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Cordwalles Junior School is part of Glf Schools, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Pine Ridge Infant School & Nursery Camberley
• Lorraine Infant School & Nursery Camberley
• Lightwater Village Junior School Lightwater
• Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery Lightwater
• Frogmore Junior School Camberley
• Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery Wokingham
• Windmill Primary School and Nursery Wokingham
• Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery Winnersh
• Springfield Primary School Sunbury-On-Thames
• Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre Reading

What is Cordwalles Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cordwalles Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Cordwalles Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cordwalles Junior School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Cordwalles Junior School have?

Cordwalles Junior School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cordwalles Junior School cover?

Cordwalles Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cordwalles Junior School?

Cordwalles Junior School is at Berkshire Road, Old Dean Estate, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4DR.