Kings Furlong Junior School
Upper Chestnut Drive, Basingstoke, RG21 8YJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Head Teacher
- Miss Amanda Westaway
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 227
- URN
- 116231
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256325324
About this school
Kings Furlong Junior School is a community primary school in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 227 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Kings Furlong 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 86 | 87 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 57% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 70% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 75% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 72% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Kings Furlong 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 | 52% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 288 |
| 2023/24 | 261 |
| 2024/25 | 237 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kings Furlong Junior School compares
Kings Furlong Junior School ranked 230th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5.9% | 30% | 227 | — |
| Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery | — | 6.4% | 22.7% | 193 | 0.1 miles |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 74% | 3.1% | 8.6% | 312 | 0.4 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 58% | 4.5% | 16.8% | 222 | 0.6 miles |
| Fairfields Primary School | 52% | 5.1% | 10.6% | 403 | 0.6 miles |
| Chalk Ridge Primary School | 51% | 5% | 23.4% | 283 | 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)
- 29.96%
- English as an additional language
- 40.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.92%
- Persistent absence
- 17.2%
Location
Nearby schools
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Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery0.1 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Fairfields Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Chalk Ridge Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
Kings Furlong Junior School ranks 22nd of the 27 ranked primary schools in Basingstoke.
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School Primary
- Four Lanes Community Junior School Primary
- Four Lanes Infant School Primary
- Great Binfields Primary School Primary
- Hatch Warren Infant School Primary
- Hatch Warren Junior School Primary
- Hounsome Fields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Kings Furlong Junior School teach?
- Kings Furlong Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the acting head teacher of Kings Furlong Junior School?
- The acting head teacher of Kings Furlong Junior School is Miss Amanda Westaway, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kings Furlong Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kings Furlong 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 Kings Furlong Junior School?
- Kings Furlong Junior School has 227 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Kings Furlong Junior School full?
- Kings Furlong Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 227 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 Kings Furlong Junior School a faith school?
- No. Kings Furlong Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kings Furlong Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kings Furlong Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Kings Furlong Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kings Furlong Junior School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Kings Furlong Junior School ranked 230th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kings Furlong Junior School's absence rate?
- Kings Furlong Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kings Furlong Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kings Furlong 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.