Balksbury Junior School
Primary schoolBalksbury Junior School is a primary school in Test Valley, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 373 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, April 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 2 April 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 68% of pupils at Balksbury Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Hampshire and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Balksbury Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met100 m
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, AndoverPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)240 m
- John Hanson Community SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, March 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Rookwood SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file750 m
- Portway Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Portway Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), May 20241 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Test Valley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).