Calmore Junior School, Southampton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Calmore Junior School creates a warm, family-like community where children feel safe, valued and happy. The school provides an exceptional personal development programme with strong focus on character, resilience and respect for others, alongside extensive sporting activities and clubs. Pastoral support is highly effective, with staff knowing pupils and families well and ensuring all children - including those facing wider barriers - receive timely support.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional personal development programme with strong focus on character, resilience and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- Highly effective pastoral support and safeguarding, creating a safe, inclusive environment where pupils feel they belong
- Calm, purposeful behaviour across the school with positive attitudes to learning and low bullying
- Extensive clubs, trips and enrichment activities that broaden experiences and develop leadership skills
- Strong inclusive practice with effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils do not secure essential basic skills in phonics and handwriting, limiting their achievement
- Staff do not always address gaps in prior knowledge quickly enough in reading and handwriting, which slows progress
- Improvements to curriculum and teaching have not yet shown impact on published outcomes
- School improvement priorities sometimes lack precision, reducing impact on pupil achievement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, trips, enrichment activities, wide range of sporting activities, leadership roles, careers education
Calmore Junior School is a well-led school where pupils feel safe, valued and part of a family community. The school excels in personal development and wellbeing but needs to improve achievement in some basic skills like phonics and handwriting.
At a Glance
39.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 67%. Maths has improved from 61% to 67%. Writing has improved from 71% to 78%.
Class Sizes
25.5
Avg class size
25.5
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
81%
Available places
195 pupils
240 capacity
45 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Southampton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Southampton
Admissions Demand - Hampshire
Places available
15,583
Applications
13,385
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Hampshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(9)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.71419%
Overall absence
9.95261%
Persistent absence
211
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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