Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Bursledon Church of England Infant School
This school
Bursledon Junior School(CA)
Partner infant school
Bursledon Church of England Infant School
Reception to Year 2 · 80 m away from Bursledon Junior School(CA)
Both schools are in Bursledon Federation of Schools, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolEvery child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Bursledon Church of England Infant School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 15 November 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 57% | 63% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 9% | 9% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 64% | 71% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 22% | 27% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 103 | 105 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Bursledon Junior School(CA) was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 15 November 2022.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Bursledon Church of England Infant School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Bursledon Junior School(CA) has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Hampshire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Bursledon Junior School(CA) had 331 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 360. It is a mixed school.