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Primary school in Andover, Hampshire

Portway Junior School

Upper Drove, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3NA

School website 01264352060
Ofsted No grade October 2024
Met the expected standard 63% around the middle nationally
Pupils 376 98% full
Local deprivation 10/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 15 October 2024.

This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
717 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

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

63% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

3% England 8.1%

Average reading score

105 England 105.3

Average maths score

104 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is around the middle of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower 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
376
Places
384
How full
Nearly full — 376 of 384 places taken
Girls / boys
171 / 205
Overall absence
3%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
6%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
18%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
10%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
10%

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

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
15

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
5

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
22

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Andover Rail Station

1.1 km away — railway station

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

10/10 Deprivation decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England.

8/10 Child poverty decile

Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£296,500

postcode sector SP10 3 · 412 sales

Typical range
£235,000 to £375,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£450,000
Semi-detached
£323,000
Terraced
£275,000
Flat
£165,000

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
26%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
19%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
18%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
12%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
50%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
76%

England 62.7%

Social housing
7%

England 17%

Privately rented
17%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
36%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
30%

England 22.5%

No car
14%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Test Valley 005B 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
Headteacher: Vicky Windross
Register status
Open
Local authority
Hampshire
Ward
Andover Harroway
Constituency
North West Hampshire
URN
115853

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Portway Infant SchoolCommunity school Outstanding 2024 — 0 mi
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, AndoverVoluntary aided school Good 2023 78% 0.5 mi
Balksbury Infant SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 — 0.6 mi
Balksbury Junior SchoolCommunity school No overall grade 63% 0.6 mi
Anton Junior SchoolCommunity school No overall grade 40% 1.3 mi
Anton Infant SchoolCommunity school No overall grade — 1.3 mi
Andover Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school No overall grade 48% 1.4 mi
Knights Enham Nursery and Infant SchoolCommunity school Report card 2026 — 1.5 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.

This school 63%
Median of its 10 closest peers 60%
Hampshire average 58.9%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Oundle Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Peterborough Good 2023 60%
Morgans Primary School & NurseryCommunity school Hertford Good 2023 40%
Broomfield Primary SchoolFoundation school Chelmsford Good 2023 60%
Four Lanes Community Junior SchoolCommunity school Basingstoke Good 2024 42%
Haywood Village AcademyAcademy sponsor led North Somerset No overall grade 57%
Weston All Saints CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter Bath Good 2023 39%
Signhills AcademyAcademy converter Cleethorpes Good 2023 79%
Banstead Community Junior SchoolCommunity school Banstead Good 2023 63%
Leedon Lower SchoolCommunity school Leighton Buzzard Report card 2026 —
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Stratford-upon-Avon Report card 2026 68%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Gerrards Cross No overall grade 70%
Poplar Farm SchoolFree schools Grantham Good 2023 —

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.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 115853; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 15 October 2024
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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