Anton Junior School
Barlows Lane, Andover, SP10 2HA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Kerri-Ann Culver
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 256
- Pupils on roll
- 243
- URN
- 115854
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01264352845
About this school
Anton Junior School is a community primary school in Andover. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 243 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Anton Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 63 | 64 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 38% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 63% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 51% | 47% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 41% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Anton Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 246 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 233 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Anton Junior School compares
Anton Junior School ranked 242nd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 3.9% | 17.2% | 243 | — |
| Anton Infant School | — | 4.8% | 12.1% | 150 | 0.0 miles |
| Andover Church of England Primary School | 38% | 6.3% | 38.4% | 202 | 0.6 miles |
| Balksbury Junior School | 68% | 4% | 18% | 373 | 0.8 miles |
| Balksbury Infant School | — | 3.8% | 20.5% | 269 | 0.8 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover | 56% | 2.8% | 7% | 215 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.17%
- English as an additional language
- 12.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.88%
- Persistent absence
- 7.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Anton Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Andover
-
Andover Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Andover
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Balksbury Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Andover
-
Balksbury Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Andover
-
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover0.8 miles
Primary · Andover
Other schools in Andover
Anton Junior School ranks 15th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Andover.
- Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary School Primary
- Amport Church of England Primary School Primary
- Andover Church of England Primary School Primary
- Anton Infant School Primary
- Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Balksbury Infant School Primary
- Balksbury Junior School Primary
- Clatford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Endeavour Primary School Primary
- Grateley Primary School Primary
- Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Anton Junior School teach?
- Anton Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Andover.
- Who is the headteacher of Anton Junior School?
- The headteacher of Anton Junior School is Miss Kerri-Ann Culver, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Anton Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Anton Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Anton Junior School?
- Anton Junior School has 243 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Anton Junior School full?
- Anton Junior School has capacity for 256 pupils and 243 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Anton Junior School a faith school?
- No. Anton Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Anton Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Anton Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Anton Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Anton Junior School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Anton Junior School ranked 242nd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Anton Junior School's absence rate?
- Anton Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Anton Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Anton Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.