Boorley Park

Boorley Park Primary School has demonstrated solid performance across various domains, achieving 'Good' ratings in all areas evaluated, including the quality of education and leadership. This is the school's first inspection since it opened in September 2019, and it is notable that the school is part of the Wildern Academy Trust. The school environment is positively received by pupils, who exhibit enthusiasm for their learning and respect for one another. The leadership's ambition for student achievement is evident, with a well-defined curriculum and clear expectations for learning.

Strengths

• Pupils are enthusiastic about learning and feel happy at school.
• There are strong relationships among pupils and staff.
• The curriculum is broad and interesting, identifying important knowledge from the start.
• Effective support is provided for teachers to enhance student understanding.
• Pupils behave well and feel safe in school.
• The school prioritizes reading with a well-sequenced phonics program.
• Pupils are taught age-appropriate knowledge about healthy relationships and personal safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in phonics teaching affect some pupils' reading progress.
• Some subjects lack established curriculum development and subject leadership.

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 Boorley Park attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% 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, 3.5% of pupils at Boorley Park were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Boorley Park had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.5% 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, 12.6% of pupils at Boorley Park were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% 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 Boorley Park received £6,415 and spent £6,145 for each of its 318 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £314,000 (£987 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Raise Education Trust, income was £8,048 and spending £7,814 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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Boorley Park is part of Raise Education Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Deer Park School Southampton
• Wildern School Southampton

What is Boorley Park's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Boorley Park is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Boorley Park last inspected by Ofsted?

Boorley Park was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Boorley Park have?

Boorley Park has 380 pupils on roll.

What age range does Boorley Park cover?

Boorley Park for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Boorley Park?

Boorley Park is at Boorley Park Primary School, 7 Nairn Road, Boorley Park, Botley, Hampshire, SO32 2SH.