Shipton Bellinger Primary School
3 Parkhouse Road, Shipton Bellinger, Tidworth, SP9 7TW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Bev Seed
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 209
- Pupils on roll
- 116
- URN
- 115947
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01980843369
About this school
Shipton Bellinger Primary School is a community primary school in Tidworth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 116 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Good
- Early years
- 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 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 38% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 72% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 56% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 64% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Shipton Bellinger Primary 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 | 54% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 183 |
| 2023/24 | 179 |
| 2024/25 | 144 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shipton Bellinger Primary School compares
Shipton Bellinger Primary School ranked 261st of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 116 | — |
| Clarendon Junior School (Clarendon Federation) | 63% | 5% | 15.1% | 286 | 2.2 miles |
| Clarendon Infants' School | — | 5.7% | 14.5% | 193 | 2.2 miles |
| Zouch Academy | 58% | 4.7% | 10.1% | 433 | 2.6 miles |
| Wellington Lions Primary Academy | 53% | 4.4% | 17.1% | 187 | 2.6 miles |
| Kiwi Primary School | 32% | 5.4% | 8.4% | 244 | 2.7 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)
- 5.56%
- English as an additional language
- 10.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.39%
- Persistent absence
- 4.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Clarendon Junior School (Clarendon Federation)2.2 miles
Primary · Tidworth
-
Clarendon Infants' School2.2 miles
Primary · Tidworth
-
Zouch Academy2.6 miles
Primary · Tidworth
-
Wellington Lions Primary Academy2.6 miles
Primary · Tidworth
-
Kiwi Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Salisbury
Other schools in Tidworth
- Clarendon Infants' School Primary
- Clarendon Junior School (Clarendon Federation) Primary
- Wellington Lions Primary Academy Primary
- Zouch Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Shipton Bellinger Primary School teach?
- Shipton Bellinger Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Tidworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Shipton Bellinger Primary School?
- The headteacher of Shipton Bellinger Primary School is Miss Bev Seed, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Shipton Bellinger Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shipton Bellinger Primary 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 big is Shipton Bellinger Primary School?
- Shipton Bellinger Primary School has 116 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Shipton Bellinger Primary School full?
- Shipton Bellinger Primary School has capacity for 209 pupils and 116 on roll (56%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Shipton Bellinger Primary School a faith school?
- No. Shipton Bellinger Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Shipton Bellinger Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Shipton Bellinger Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Shipton Bellinger Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Shipton Bellinger Primary School rank locally?
- Shipton Bellinger Primary School ranked 261st of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Shipton Bellinger Primary School's absence rate?
- Shipton Bellinger Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shipton Bellinger Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shipton Bellinger Primary 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.