Stamshaw Junior School

Stamshaw Junior School has demonstrated good overall effectiveness during its first inspection, reflecting a strong commitment to academic and pastoral growth. The school promotes high expectations and a caring community, allowing pupils to flourish both in their learning and personal development. The curriculum is well-structured and ambitious, ensuring that pupils are equipped with the essential knowledge and skills to succeed. However, challenges remain concerning the phonics support for some students, which has not yet reached the necessary level of precision to enable all pupils to read fluently and confidently. Additionally, there are areas where teachers need to improve their assessment of pupils’ understanding across all subjects to close gaps in learning more effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate kindness and inclusivity.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced.
• Pupils show enthusiasm for reading.
• Strong pupil leadership and engagement in the school community.
• Effective adaptation of provisions for disadvantaged pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent effectiveness of phonics support for early readers.
• Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding across all subjects.

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 Stamshaw Junior School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Stamshaw 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 Stamshaw Junior School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.6% 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, 24.6% of pupils at Stamshaw Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 Stamshaw Junior School received £7,713 and spent £7,576 for each of its 282 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £115,000 (£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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Stamshaw Junior School is part of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Stamshaw Infant Academy Portsmouth
• The Flying Bull Academy Portsmouth
• Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery Portsmouth
• Highbury Primary School Portsmouth
• Langstone Primary Academy Portsmouth
• Court Lane Infant Academy Portsmouth
• Court Lane Junior Academy Portsmouth
• Newlands Primary Academy Waterlooville
• Berewood Primary School Waterlooville
• Kingsham Primary School Chichester

What is Stamshaw Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Stamshaw Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stamshaw Junior School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Stamshaw Junior School have?

Stamshaw Junior School has 289 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stamshaw Junior School cover?

Stamshaw Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stamshaw Junior School?

Stamshaw Junior School is at Stamshaw Junior School, Tipner Road, Portsmouth, PO2 8QH.