The Butts Primary School
Bolle Road, Alton, GU34 1PW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julia Woodhouse
- Constituency
- East Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 357
- URN
- 116025
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0142084102
About this school
The Butts Primary School is a community primary school in Alton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 357 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Butts Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 32 | 33 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 70% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 15% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 88% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 79% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 76% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 The Butts 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 | 69% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 296 |
| 2023/24 | 323 |
| 2024/25 | 340 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Butts Primary School compares
The Butts Primary School ranked 182nd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 4.4% | 11.5% | 357 | — |
| Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 15.4% | 219 | 0.7 miles |
| Chawton Church of England Primary School | 78% | 5% | 16.3% | 101 | 0.8 miles |
| Alton Infant School | — | 10.4% | 36.8% | 156 | 0.9 miles |
| Anstey Junior School | 37% | 5.4% | 36.6% | 222 | 1.0 miles |
| Wootey Infant School | — | 5.9% | 43% | 102 | 1.3 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)
- 11.47%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.43%
- Persistent absence
- 8.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Chawton Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Alton Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Anstey Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Wootey Infant School1.3 miles
Primary · Alton
Other schools in Alton
The Butts Primary School ranks 8th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Alton.
- Alton Infant School Primary
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Anstey Junior School Primary
- Binsted Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chawton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Four Marks Church of England Primary School Primary
- Medstead Church of England Primary School Primary
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School Primary
- Selborne Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wootey Infant School Primary
- Wootey Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Butts Primary School teach?
- The Butts Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Alton.
- Who is the headteacher of The Butts Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Butts Primary School is Mrs Julia Woodhouse, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Butts Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Butts 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 many pupils are at The Butts Primary School?
- The Butts Primary School has 357 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Butts Primary School full?
- The Butts Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 357 on roll (85%), 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 The Butts Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Butts Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Butts Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Butts Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Butts Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Butts Primary School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- The Butts Primary School ranked 182nd of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Butts Primary School's absence rate?
- The Butts 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 The Butts Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Butts 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.