Shakespeare Junior School
St Catherine's Road, Eastleigh, SO50 4JT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nikki Wilson
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 334
- URN
- 116072
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380618905
About this school
Shakespeare Junior School is a community primary school in Eastleigh. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 334 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 90 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 56% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 11% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 70% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 68% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Shakespeare 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 | 55% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 359 |
| 2023/24 | 351 |
| 2024/25 | 340 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shakespeare Junior School compares
Shakespeare Junior School ranked 237th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 5.2% | 27.9% | 334 | — |
| Shakespeare Infant School | — | 4.6% | 13.6% | 215 | 0.1 miles |
| The Crescent Primary School | 62% | 4.2% | 30.9% | 619 | 0.6 miles |
| Norwood Primary & Pre-School | 66% | 4.7% | 24% | 347 | 0.7 miles |
| Fryern Junior School | 58% | 4.2% | 21.1% | 208 | 0.8 miles |
| Scantabout Primary School | 85% | 2.7% | 7.1% | 216 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 21 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.94%
- English as an additional language
- 12.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.24%
- Persistent absence
- 15.76%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shakespeare Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
The Crescent Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Norwood Primary & Pre-School0.7 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Fryern Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Scantabout Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
Other schools in Eastleigh
Shakespeare Junior School ranks 13th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Eastleigh.
- Chandler's Ford Infant School Primary
- Cherbourg Primary School Primary
- Colden Common Primary School Primary
- Fair Oak Infant School Primary
- Fair Oak Junior School Primary
- Fryern Infant School Primary
- Fryern Junior School Primary
- Hiltingbury Infant School Primary
- Hiltingbury Junior School Primary
- Knightwood Primary School Primary
- Merdon Junior School Primary
- Nightingale Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Shakespeare Junior School teach?
- Shakespeare Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Eastleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Shakespeare Junior School?
- The headteacher of Shakespeare Junior School is Mrs Nikki Wilson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Shakespeare Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shakespeare 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 Shakespeare Junior School?
- Shakespeare Junior School has 334 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Shakespeare Junior School full?
- Shakespeare Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 334 on roll (93%), 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 Shakespeare Junior School a faith school?
- No. Shakespeare Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Shakespeare Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Shakespeare Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Shakespeare Junior School have?
- The schools register lists Shakespeare Junior School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Shakespeare Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Shakespeare Junior School rank locally?
- Shakespeare Junior School ranked 237th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Shakespeare Junior School's absence rate?
- Shakespeare Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shakespeare Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shakespeare 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.