Sholing Junior School

Sholing Junior School demonstrates good overall performance with a strong emphasis on personal development, behaviour, and education quality. The leadership team is committed to ambitious goals for all pupils, fostering a caring and welcoming environment. Students enjoy their learning experiences, taking part in a variety of clubs and enrichment activities. Relationships between staff and pupils are particularly positive, and the school has effectively adopted a vision of ‘Achieving Together’ that resonates well with the community. This inspection marks the first evaluation since the school’s conversion to an academy.

Strengths

• Strong commitment to high ambitions for all staff and pupils
• Caring and supportive environment for students
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• High-quality core subjects, particularly mathematics and reading
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Variety of extracurricular opportunities for pupils
• Good personal development of pupils and involvement in community
• Effective safeguarding practices and culture

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment in foundation subjects leading to gaps in knowledge
• Low expectations for handwriting and presentation among 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 Sholing Junior School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.8% 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, 5.2% of pupils at Sholing 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 Sholing Junior School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% 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, 19.8% of pupils at Sholing Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Sholing Junior School received £6,570 and spent £6,488 for each of its 346 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £75,000 (£218 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Hamwic Education Trust, income was £7,058 and spending £7,015 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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Sholing Junior School is part of Hamwic Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Sholing Infant School Southampton
• Thornhill Primary School Southampton
• Ludlow Infant Academy Southampton
• Glenfield Infant School Southampton
• Beechwood Junior School Southampton
• Harefield Primary School Southampton
• Weston Park Primary School Southampton
• Woolston Infant School Southampton
• Weston Secondary School Southampton
• Weston Shore Infant School Southampton

What is Sholing Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Sholing Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sholing Junior School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Sholing Junior School have?

Sholing Junior School has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sholing Junior School cover?

Sholing Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sholing Junior School?

Sholing Junior School is at Middle Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 8PT.