Ravenscote Junior School

Ravenscote Junior School is a vibrant, inclusive school where pupils are proud to attend, behave exceptionally well and achieve well across a broad curriculum. Inspectors found strong leadership, high expectations and a caring culture, with pupils benefiting from an ambitious curriculum, systematic phonics and a rich programme of enrichment and leadership opportunities. The school is particularly strong in behaviour, personal development and leadership and management, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Reading is a clear priority, and the curriculum is well planned and taught, with staff skilled at identifying gaps and adapting for pupils with SEND. However, the quality of pupils’ writing is inconsistent, especially in the lower years, where weak grammar, punctuation and spelling sometimes limit achievement. Leaders have recognised this and introduced a new writing strategy, but it is not yet fully embedded and its impact cannot yet be seen. This was the school’s first section 5 inspection; it converted to academy status and is part of the Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies Trust. Under the arrangements applying from September 2024, no overall effectiveness grade was awarded.

Strengths

• Pupils behave exceptionally well and are immensely proud of their school
• A caring, inclusive and respectful culture creates a strong sense of belonging
• The curriculum is ambitious, well planned and taught well
• Reading has high priority through systematic phonics and high-quality texts
• Teachers explain new knowledge well and address gaps in learning
• Pupils with SEND are quickly identified and well supported
• An exceptional range of enrichment activities and after-school clubs
• Pupils have many leadership opportunities and their voice is welcomed
• Aspirational leadership and governance with high-quality staff training
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Writing quality is inconsistent, particularly in the lower years
• Some pupils’ writing is hampered by weak grammar, punctuation and spelling
• The new writing strategy is not yet fully embedded
• Teachers need consistent knowledge to implement the writing strategy well

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 Ravenscote Junior School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.2% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Ravenscote 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 Ravenscote Junior School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.1% 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, 10.5% of pupils at Ravenscote 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 Ravenscote Junior School received £6,022 and spent £5,917 for each of its 619 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £447,000 (£723 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies, income was £6,699 and spending £6,602 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

Ravenscote Junior School is part of Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• South Camberley Primary and Nursery School Camberley
• Stanhope Primary School Aldershot
• The Cambridge Primary School Aldershot
• Westfield Primary School Woking
• Maybury Primary School Woking
• Byfleet Primary School West Byfleet
• Hounsome Fields Primary School Basingstoke

What is Ravenscote Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ravenscote Junior School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Ravenscote Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ravenscote Junior School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Ravenscote Junior School have?

Ravenscote Junior School has 617 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ravenscote Junior School cover?

Ravenscote Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ravenscote Junior School?

Ravenscote Junior School is at Old Bisley Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 9RE.