South Farnborough Junior School, Farnborough

From the headteacher's welcome: "The children are proud to be pupils of South Farnborough Junior School. They have chosen their own values and try their best to live by these values at all times. The children are also encouraged to value themselves, other children, adults and their achievements as well as their environment."

Coming up: an admissions event on Sunday 1 November 2026, an admissions event on Friday 16 April 2027 and an admissions event on Friday 30 April 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at South Farnborough Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% 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 (79% in reading, 80% 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 South Farnborough Junior School are South Farnborough Infant School (0.4 miles, Outstanding); St Mark's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles); St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 72% maths); and Holly Lodge Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 75% reading, 73% maths).

South Farnborough Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

97 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about South Farnborough Junior School (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).

11.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 45 pupils (11.3%) received SEN support and 30 (7.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

South Farnborough Junior School has a resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties: 20 places, 21 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is North Camp Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Church Road East (s-bound), 240 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood South Farnborough Junior School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 153 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, South Farnborough Junior School issued 5 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.