Merton Junior School

About Merton Junior School

Merton Junior School’s headline KS2 results sit noticeably below the Hampshire local authority average for primary schools, which stands at 61 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. At Merton, that figure is 47 per cent, a gap of 14 percentage points that places the school 39th out of 40 primaries in Basingstoke and Deane. The school’s ranking score of 47 puts it in the bottom 50 nationally, and within the South East it sits at the 85th percentile — meaning roughly 85 per cent of regional primaries outperform it. This is not a school that leads on raw academic metrics, but the picture is more nuanced when you look at individual subjects. Writing is the strongest area, with 68 per cent of pupils meeting the expected standard, while reading and maths trail at 58 per cent and 55 per cent respectively. The proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects is just 7 per cent, compared with 23 per cent for maths alone, suggesting that reading and writing at the top end are the main drag.

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