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Bishop's Waltham Junior School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Community school
Oak Road, Bishops Waltham, Southampton SO32 1EP · bwjunior.hants.sch.uk · 01489 892368
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 287
- 5 over 282 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- First language not English
- 1.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bishop's Waltham Junior School on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 38
- 14% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied