Porchester Junior School

Porchester Junior School is performing well, demonstrating a strong standard across various domains. The school has made significant strides under new leadership since the headteacher's appointment in 2023, focusing on removing barriers to learning and fostering an inclusive environment for all students. The emphasis on staff development and personalized support for pupils, especially those with special educational needs or disabilities, has resulted in improvements in pupils' engagement, attendance, and academic performance. Parents and pupils express a strong sense of community and belonging within the school.

Strengths

• Leaders effectively remove barriers to learning for all pupils.
• Teachers receive targeted professional development to enhance teaching practices.
• Strong focus on inclusivity ensuring all pupils can access the curriculum.
• Pupils demonstrate high levels of confidence and engagement in learning.
• Effective leadership maintains a calm and supportive school environment.
• Robust systems in place for monitoring and supporting pupil wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Ongoing need to close gaps in attendance and achievement for disadvantaged 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 Porchester Junior School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Porchester 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 Porchester Junior School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.8% 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, 10.7% of pupils at Porchester Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Porchester Junior School received £6,718 and spent £6,543 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £69,000 (£393 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Flying High Trust, income was £7,225 and spending £7,388 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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Porchester Junior School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Haddon Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Stanhope Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Ernehale Infant School Nottingham
• Ernehale Junior School Nottingham
• Rivendell Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Killisick Junior School Nottingham
• Stanstead Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Greythorn Primary School Nottingham
• Edwalton Primary School Nottingham

What is Porchester Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Porchester Junior School is Strong standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Porchester Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Porchester Junior School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Porchester Junior School have?

Porchester Junior School has 178 pupils on roll.

What age range does Porchester Junior School cover?

Porchester Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Porchester Junior School?

Porchester Junior School is at Standhill Road, Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 1LF.