Primary school in Gosport, Hampshire
Alver Valley Junior School
21 Falcon Meadows Way, Rowner, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 8AA
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 22 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
- Current published outcome
- Good
- Last overall grade in this dataset
- Good
- Days since inspection
- 1,290 days
- Framework era
- Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)
These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.
Key stage 2 results 2024/25
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Reached the higher standard
Average reading score
Average maths score
On the headline measure this school is in the lower half of state-funded primaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.
There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- Places
- 240
- How full
- 89% full — 213 of 240 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 110 / 103
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistently absent
- 16%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 49%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- With an EHC plan
- 7%
- On SEN support
- 34%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
School funding 2025-26 financial year
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.
- Evidence found
- Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
- Source coverage
- DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
- What this means
- The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.
Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.
Roads and getting there
Road casualties within 500m
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1
- All reported collisions
- 33
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 11
- Busiest road nearby
- U
England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years
England average 24.2 over five years
13,398 vehicles a day (2025)
Public transport
- Bus stops within 500m
- 12
- Nearest station
- Gosport Ferry Terminal
England average 11.9
3.8 km away — ferry terminal
Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.
Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.
The area around the school
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £300,000
- Typical range
- £245,000 to £400,000
- Detached
- £525,000
- Semi-detached
- £343,750
- Terraced
- £284,500
- Flat
- £147,000
postcode sector PO13 8 · 263 sales
middle half of sales
Homes around this school are close to the England average.
Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.
Who lives there
- Adults with a degree
- 25%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 15%
- In professional or managerial work
- 7%
- Households deprived in 2+ ways
- 21%
- Residents in very good health
- 47%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 13.4%
England 17.8%
England 48.4%
Housing
- Owned by the occupier
- 45%
- Social housing
- 32%
- Privately rented
- 19%
- Detached homes
- 21%
- Four or more bedrooms
- 8%
- No car
- 20%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 19.2%
England 38.2%
England 22.5%
England 21.9%
Census 2021, for Gosport 004H and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Executive Headteacher: Jill Roseblade
- Register status
- Open
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward
- Grange & Alver Valley
- Constituency
- Gosport
- URN
- 116172
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alver Valley Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | No overall grade | — | 0 mi | |
| Grange Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 63% | 0.5 mi | |
| Grange Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 0.5 mi | |
| Gomer Infant SchoolCommunity school | No overall grade | — | 0.9 mi | |
| King's Academy GomerAcademy converter | No overall grade | 72% | 0.9 mi | |
| Rowner Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 0.9 mi | |
| Brockhurst Primary SchoolCommunity school | No overall grade | 60% | 1 mi | |
| King's Academy RownerAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 53% | 1 mi |
Schools like this
The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.
Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Gateshead | Good 2023 | 82% | |
| Holbrook Primary SchoolCommunity school | Gosport | No overall grade | 41% | |
| Somerford Primary SchoolCommunity school | Christchurch | Report card 2026 | 34% | |
| Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource ProvisionAcademy converter | Hyde | No overall grade | 46% | |
| Springwood Junior SchoolCommunity school | Waterlooville | Good 2022 | 35% | |
| St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Malvern Link | Good 2024 | 59% | |
| Grassmoor Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chesterfield | No overall grade | 45% | |
| Norbriggs Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chesterfield | Good 2024 | 60% | |
| Yew Tree Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Knowsley | Good 2023 | 49% | |
| Shadsworth Infant SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | No overall grade | — | |
| Oasis Academy New OakAcademy converter | Bristol | Good 2022 | 50% | |
| The Arches Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chester | Good 2023 | 53% |
Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.
Evidence ledger
Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.
| Evidence | Publisher | Reference date | How it reaches this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| School identity | Get Information About Schools | 23 August 2026 | Exact URN 116172; unified importer snapshot |
| Inspection evidence | Ofsted management information | 31 July 2026 | Exact URN; inspection 22 March 2023 |
| Attainment | DfE performance tables | 2024/25 | Exact URN; phase-specific definitions |
| Pupil intake | DfE school census | 2024/25 | Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing |
| Funding allocation | DfE school funding statistics | 2025-26 financial year | No row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero |
| Roads and transport | DfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTAN | Five-year road window; access-node snapshot | Coordinate join within the stated radius |
| Neighbourhood | ONS Census | 2021 | LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes |
| Home prices | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data | Sales since January 2024 | School postcode sector, not a catchment |
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