Alver Valley Junior School

Community school·Primary school Gosport, Hampshire·PO13 8AA
Composite score
41.7
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#10,299
National rank
#1543
In South East
#220
In Hampshire
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
48%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
201
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
33.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,641
Typical primary: £6,960

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Location

Alver Valley Junior School at a glance

Located in Gosport, Hampshire, Alver Valley Junior School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 201 pupils aged 7 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 14.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Alver Valley Junior School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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