Bordon Junior School

Bordon Junior School is performing well overall, evident in its Good ratings across key areas such as education quality, behavior and attitudes, and leadership. The school creates an engaging environment where pupils enjoy a variety of clubs and activities that enhance their confidence and sense of community. Additionally, the emphasis on personal development is particularly strong, fostering leadership and interpersonal skills among students. This is the first inspection since the school became an academy, marking a significant milestone in its development.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities.
• High expectations set by leaders and staff.
• Strong focus on personal development and well-being.
• Curriculum design is well-developed across many subjects.
• Effective support for reading and phonics implementation.
• Strong professional development opportunities for staff.
• Governance arrangements are robust and knowledgeable.

Areas for Improvement

• Some aspects of the English curriculum lack coherent planning.
• In a few subjects, understanding of how to learn the subject is insufficient.

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 Bordon Junior School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Bordon 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 Bordon Junior School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.3% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Bordon 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 2024–25 Bordon Junior School received £6,644 and spent £5,523 for each of its 253 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£409 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, income was £7,095 and spending £7,150 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 Bordon · Hampshire local authority: places and applications

Bordon Junior School is part of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Bordon Infant School Bordon
• Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy Bordon
• Oakmoor School Bordon
• Woodlea Primary School Bordon
• Fernhurst Primary School Haslemere
• Berewood Primary School Waterlooville
• Newlands Primary Academy Waterlooville
• Kingsham Primary School Chichester
• Court Lane Infant Academy Portsmouth
• Court Lane Junior Academy Portsmouth

What is Bordon Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bordon Junior School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Bordon Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bordon Junior School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Bordon Junior School have?

Bordon Junior School has 253 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bordon Junior School cover?

Bordon Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bordon Junior School?

Bordon Junior School is at Budds Lane, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0JB.