Bishop's Waltham Junior School, Southampton

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Bishop's Waltham Junior School on 6 areas: 2 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise attendance and have established a positive culture in which its importance is clearly understood by staff, pupils and families."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide effective and thoughtful leadership of personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils achieve well and typically make appropriate progress from their starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders provide clear and purposeful strategic leadership of the curriculum and teaching."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a culture in which all staff share high expectations for every pupil."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, have a clear understanding of the school's context."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed effective strategies to support pupils who are disadvantaged, ensuring that they are systematically and skilfully adjusted as needed, so that they make a sustained difference to pupils' learning"; "Leaders should continue to refine their work around securing important foundations, for example handwriting, so that pupils apply their skills securely and routinely in all subjects".

In its own words: "At Bishop’s Waltham Junior School, every child is supported to feel happy, safe and inspired. Through high expectations, strong relationships and a caring, inclusive ethos, we create an ambitious learning community where children enjoy learning, grow in confidence and achieve together. These values guide how we learn, behave and support one another every day."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Bishop's Waltham Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Hampshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (75% in reading, 89% in maths).

Across Hampshire, 93% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Hampshire lodged 254 appeals against primary school offers; 146 reached a hearing and 8 succeeded (5.5% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Bishop's Waltham Junior School are Bishops Waltham Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding); Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 75% maths); St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles, Good, 61% reading, 52% maths); and Upham Church of England Aided Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 71% reading, 64% maths).

Bishop's Waltham Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

1.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Botley Rail Station, about 3.5 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bank Street (opposite), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 33 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72).

In 2024/25, Bishop's Waltham Junior School issued 4 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.