Ravenscote Junior School

About Ravenscote Junior School

Ravenscote Junior School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, but the detail tells a more nuanced story. While the overall effectiveness was not judged on that occasion, inspectors awarded the highest possible mark of Outstanding in three separate categories: personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. The quality of education was rated Good. This represents a change from the school's previous inspection in 2013, when it was judged Outstanding across the board. On the most informative exam metric available, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits just one percentage point above the Surrey local authority average of 66%, placing Ravenscote 5th out of 13 primary schools in the Surrey Heath district. Nationally, the school ranks in the 38th percentile among all state primaries.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school's strongest individual subject was reading, where 82% of pupils reached the expected standard and 30% achieved the higher standard. Maths followed closely with 80% at expected and 27% at the higher level, while writing saw 80% at expected and 18% at the higher level. The average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 105 in maths, both comfortably above the national baseline of 100. Just 10% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects combined, which is a more selective measure. The school's Progress 8 scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive: 96% of the 240 respondents would recommend the school, and 71% strongly agreed that their child is happy there.

Ravenscote is a large junior school with 619 pupils on roll, just one short of its official capacity of 620, so it is effectively full. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 6.3%, well below the national average, reflecting the relatively affluent Surrey Heath area. The school offers a Forest School programme, a sensory room, a chapel, music rooms, and an ICT suite among its facilities, and runs clubs including coding, art, gardening and eco club. Sports provision covers cross country, rounders, tennis, football, netball and dance. The school lists SEND support for a range of needs including dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language difficulties, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Of the parents who responded to the Parent View survey, 91% agreed or strongly agreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need. This is a school that suits families who value strong behaviour standards and personal development alongside solid academic outcomes, and who are looking for a well-subscribed community school with a wide range of enrichment opportunities.

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