Sopley Primary School | Primary in Christchurch, New Forest | Ofsted & DfE

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 08/02/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityHampshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio16.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Sopley Primary School · Primary · Hampshire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

38%

+11pp

72%50%27%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 38%

RWM higher standard

0pp

17%9%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

23%

Writing expected standard

85%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

46%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

69%

SPAG expected standard

46%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

101.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

28%

SEN

19%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

20%

Contact

Address

South Ripley, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 8ET

Local authority

Hampshire

Website

https://www.burleyandsopleyfederation.org.uk/

Telephone

01425672343

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	38%	0%	69%	23%	85%	0%	46%	8%	69%	46%	104.0	99.0	101.0	—	—	—	19%	86
2023/24	27%	0%	53%	13%	40%	0%	27%	0%	47%	33%	101.0	95.0	97.0	—	—	—	23%	82
2022/23	60%	0%	87%	33%	73%	0%	67%	13%	87%	87%	107.0	102.0	103.0	+0.30	-1.30	-1.30	24%	87
2018/19	40%	7%	60%	20%	67%	20%	47%	7%	73%	73%	101.0	102.0	104.0	+0.10	+1.80	-1.30	12%	105
2017/18	72%	17%	83%	44%	72%	28%	83%	28%	83%	94%	108.0	104.0	108.0	+0.20	-2.30	-2.00	12%	109
2016/17	56%	6%	69%	31%	69%	19%	69%	6%	75%	50%	104.0	102.0	104.0	+0.60	+1.40	-0.40	14%	109

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	86	23.9	19%	7%	28%	7%	20%
2023/24	82	22.3	23%	5%	23%	6%	18%
2022/23	87	17.1	24%	5%	18%	6%	14%
2021/22	89	17.0	26%	3%	13%	7%	17%
2020/21	82	21.6	30%	8%	21%	—	—
2018/19	105	21.1	12%	5%	19%	4%	12%
2017/18	109	22.4	12%	3%	13%	5%	8%
2016/17	109	31.1	14%	3%	16%	5%	9%