The Hermitage Junior School
Oakwood Road, St John's, Woking, GU21 8UU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SWAN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Spires
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Woking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 378
- Pupils on roll
- 294
- URN
- 140594
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01483472047
About this school
The Hermitage Junior School is a primary academy in Woking. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 294 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 27 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 68 | 71 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 49% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 66% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 66% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 62% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 Hermitage 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 | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 312 |
| 2023/24 | 320 |
| 2024/25 | 304 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Hermitage Junior School compares
The Hermitage Junior School ranked 137th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.7% | 19.4% | 294 | — |
| The Hermitage Infant School | — | 4.2% | 16.4% | 234 | 0.1 miles |
| St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School | 90% | 3% | 1.9% | 216 | 0.2 miles |
| St John's Primary School | 46% | 6.2% | 34.3% | 248 | 0.4 miles |
| Knaphill Infant School and Nursery | — | 5% | 17.1% | 178 | 0.9 miles |
| Knaphill Junior School | 46% | 4.1% | 23.9% | 262 | 0.9 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)
- 19.41%
- English as an additional language
- 13.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.72%
- Persistent absence
- 13.71%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Hermitage Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Woking
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St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Woking
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St John's Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Woking
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Knaphill Infant School and Nursery0.9 miles
Primary · Woking
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Knaphill Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Woking
Other schools in Woking
The Hermitage Junior School ranks 8th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Woking.
- Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beaufort Primary School Primary
- Bisley CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadmere Primary Academy Primary
- Brookwood Primary School Primary
- Goldsworth Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Horsell CofE Junior School Primary
- Kingfield Primary School Primary
- Knaphill Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Knaphill Junior School Primary
- Maybury Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Hermitage Junior School teach?
- The Hermitage Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Woking.
- Who is the headteacher of The Hermitage Junior School?
- The headteacher of The Hermitage Junior School is Mrs Clare Spires, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Hermitage Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Hermitage 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 The Hermitage Junior School?
- The Hermitage Junior School has 294 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is The Hermitage Junior School full?
- The Hermitage Junior School has capacity for 378 pupils and 294 on roll (78%), 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 Hermitage Junior School a faith school?
- No. The Hermitage Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Hermitage Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Hermitage Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Hermitage Junior School?
- The Hermitage Junior School is part of THE SWAN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Hermitage Junior School have?
- The schools register lists The Hermitage 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 The Hermitage Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 63% 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 Hermitage Junior School rank locally?
- The Hermitage Junior School ranked 137th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% 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 Hermitage Junior School's absence rate?
- The Hermitage Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Hermitage Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Hermitage 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 1 July 2026.