Ofsted: Good emoji_events #138 in Hampshire public Top 70% UK

South View Junior School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Sheila Pape

location_onBasingstoke, RG21 5LL

language Visit Website phone 1256321928

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2017

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Students

261

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Expected Standard

56%

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Age Range

7-11

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South View Junior School is a Community school primary school in Basingstoke, serving ages 7-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 70% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

South View Junior School is a community school in Basingstoke, Hampshire, admitting pupils aged 7-11. The school has approximately 261 pupils on roll, of whom 39% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 2% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #138 of 302 primaries in Hampshire and #6,915 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 61%

Reading63% LA 74%

Writing68% LA 71%

Maths85% LA 72%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading65% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing68% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths77% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 59%England 60%

Reading62% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths77% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.6

Read

LA -0.6

-4.2 to -1.1

-1.1

Write

LA -0.7

-2.6 to 0.4

0.8

Maths

LA -1.3

-0.6 to 2.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

78%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading84% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths93% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA -0.3

-1.0 to 2.7

1.0

Write

LA -0.3

-0.7 to 2.7

3.5

Maths

LA -1.0

1.9 to 5.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

59%

LA 67%

Reading61% LA 78%

Writing81% LA 80%

Maths76% LA 76%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.1

Read

LA -0.1

-3.7 to -0.5

1.1

Write

LA -0.1

-0.4 to 2.6

1.6

Maths

LA -0.6

0.1 to 3.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

05 July 2022

Inspection Report

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21 March 2017

Inspection Report

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11 December 2012

Inspection Report

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11 January 2011

Inspection Report

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19 March 2008

Inspection Report

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19 January 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2017-03-21

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2012-12-11

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-01-11

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.1%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 261 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	261	5	1.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	261	3	1.1%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	261	3	1.1%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	263	3	1.1%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	261	1	0.4%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	262	5	1.9%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	261	6	2.3%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	264	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	250	1	0.4%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	245	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	242	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	241	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	240	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	245	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	237	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	237	2	0.8%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	234	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	220	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	220	2	0.9%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	228	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	226	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	225	2	0.9%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	228	17	7.5%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	226	9	4.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	228	7	3.1%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	234	10	4.3%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Moderate Learning Difficulty 31 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 30 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 19 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils