Balksbury Junior School

State-Funded School

balksbury-junior-school-hampshire-south-east

South EastRegion

HampshireLocal Authority

North West HampshireConstituency

SP10 3QPPostcode

6.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Balksbury Junior School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 7–11, located in Hampshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 373 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

373

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 7 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 373
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 2 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.