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Rucstall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Holbein Close, Black Dam, Basingstoke RG21 3EX · rucstall.hants.sch.uk · 01256 466524
On the mapSearch near RG21 3EX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.54 mi
- 0.87 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 204
- 97% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- First language not English
- 35.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.54 mi (869 m) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 75% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 40 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.54 mi0.87 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 24% 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 | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ▲24% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Rucstall Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 4 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 4 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 26
- 13% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied