Rucstall Primary School
Primary schoolRucstall Primary School is a primary school in Basingstoke and Deane, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 204 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 90% of pupils at Rucstall Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Hampshire and 62% in England.
24% 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 | 90% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 24% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 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- The Costello SchoolSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 50.4 (2025/26, provisional)580 m
- Queen Mary's CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km
- Fairfields Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Basingstoke College of TechnologySixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.7 km
- CranbourneSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Basingstoke and Deane
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).