Heatherside Junior School
Reading Road South, Fleet, GU52 7TH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Dunn
- Constituency
- North East Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 384
- Pupils on roll
- 380
- URN
- 116010
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252617928
About this school
Heatherside Junior School is a community primary school in Fleet. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 380 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 120 | 96 | 94 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 69% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 10% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 84% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 78% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 72% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Heatherside 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 | 74% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 378 |
| 2024/25 | 384 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Heatherside Junior School compares
Heatherside Junior School ranked 111th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 2.6% | 7.8% | 380 | — |
| Heatherside Infant School | — | 3.4% | 7.7% | 266 | 0.0 miles |
| Velmead Junior School | 86% | 3.4% | 7.9% | 373 | 0.6 miles |
| Fleet Infant School | — | 3.6% | 2% | 251 | 0.6 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Aided Junior School | 51% | 5.3% | 14.8% | 520 | 0.7 miles |
| Tavistock Infant School | — | 4.5% | 21.8% | 154 | 0.7 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)
- 7.81%
- English as an additional language
- 12.8%
- Overall absence
- 2.56%
- Persistent absence
- 1.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heatherside Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
Velmead Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
Fleet Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
All Saints Church of England Aided Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
Tavistock Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Fleet
Other schools in Fleet
Heatherside Junior School ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked primary schools in Fleet.
- All Saints Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Church Crookham Junior School Primary
- Crookham Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Elvetham Heath Primary School Primary
- Fleet Infant School Primary
- Heatherside Infant School Primary
- Tavistock Infant School Primary
- Tweseldown Infant School Primary
- Velmead Junior School Primary
- Calthorpe Park School Secondary
- Court Moor School Secondary
- St Nicholas' School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Heatherside Junior School teach?
- Heatherside Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Fleet.
- Who is the headteacher of Heatherside Junior School?
- The headteacher of Heatherside Junior School is Mrs Hannah Dunn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Heatherside Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Heatherside 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 big is Heatherside Junior School?
- Heatherside Junior School has 380 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Heatherside Junior School full?
- Heatherside Junior School has capacity for 384 pupils and 380 on roll (99%), 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 Heatherside Junior School a faith school?
- No. Heatherside Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Heatherside Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Heatherside Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Heatherside Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Heatherside Junior School rank locally?
- Heatherside Junior School ranked 111th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Heatherside Junior School's absence rate?
- Heatherside Junior School's overall absence rate is 2.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Heatherside Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heatherside 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.