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Mayhill Junior School

Primary · ages 7-11MixedCouncil236 pupilsHookHampshire
School Chooser Score
56
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 36 to 74
Out of 100. Better than 63% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, January 2025
Reached the expected level at 1163%England 63%
Attendance96.1%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families19%A bit fewer than most schools
Places24 spare236 pupils, 260 places
Pupils per teacher20.7School workforce census

Mayhill Junior School is a council school in Hook for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. It has 236 pupils and room for 260. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. We give it 56 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 63% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

The Bury, Odiham, Hook, RG29 1NB01256 702973mayhill.hants.sch.ukMrs Sarah McGillivray headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 14 January 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
4 December 2019UngradedSchool remains Good

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

60 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1163%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level15%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score105.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 65%65%20172018: 71%71%20182019: 66%66%20192023: 48%48%20232024: 66%66%20242025: 63%63%2025
Since 2017: -2%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017HampshireEngland
Pupils tested605654674246
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths63%66%48%66%71%65%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths15%9%13%19%21%13%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score105.0105.0104.0106.0107.0107.0105.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0104.0101.0106.0105.0105.0104.3104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score107.0104.0102.0107.0107.0106.0104.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard70%73%63%84%86%80%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard77%77%57%79%81%78%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)82%75%67%79%81%72%
Reading progressReading progress score-2.7+0.6+0.0+1.1
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.6-0.7-1.5-0.6
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged55%33%24%56%44%43%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged65%75%59%67%79%69%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
55%65%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
81%50%
Gap 31 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
18%15%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places235 pupils for 280 places, 2024/25
84% full

45 places were empty (16% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hampshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll236Census January 2026
Places26091% full
Pupils from low-income families19%19% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%26 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan6%14 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.58 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils38%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)18%£65,100 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls126 / 110
White British pupils84%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (12), emotional and mental health (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), Hearing impairment (3), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Other difficulty or disability (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll236240229241240214
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals19%20%17%18%16%17%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4%5%7%5%4%5%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support9%9%5%6%7%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%4%7%5%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.1%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school7.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils5.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.9%4.2%4.9%4.2%4.5%3.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.1%3.7%4.3%3.3%3.6%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.8%0.5%0.7%1.0%0.9%0.7%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence7.0%11.9%13.2%10.0%13.2%7.7%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate5.00.99.12.10.9
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00100

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers11.4full-time equivalent, 13 people
Pupils per teacher20.7Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants10.5full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,036
Teachers who left in the year9%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.02024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,136England £7,738. Total £1.5m
Income per pupil£6,008England £7,697. Total £1.4m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,958England £3,480
Money in reserve13%A healthy amount put by: £184k, £766 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£31kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£6,136spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m4012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate27 per 1,000 people70% lower than the England average
Typical house price£465,500Hart
Nearest bus stop350 mCrownfields, 2 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Buryfields Infant SchoolCouncil240 m167Not inspectedCompare
Long Sutton Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England2.2 miles95Good 202378Compare
Hook Infant SchoolCouncil2.3 miles334No overall grade 202596Compare
Hook Junior SchoolCouncil2.3 miles467Outstanding 202398Compare
Dogmersfield Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England2.9 miles101No overall grade 202579Compare
Crondall Primary SchoolAcademy3.7 miles189Not inspected100Compare
Greenfields Junior SchoolCouncil3.8 miles326Good 202239Compare
Whitewater Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England3.8 miles111Good 202239Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Mayhill Junior School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats63%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 56 is 9 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 5 · middle 47 · highest 99100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 56 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 56% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 36 to 74. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
0.00
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 60 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%above
+0.09
Ofsted grade, 1.7 years old
Progress pupils make20%well below
-0.22
DfE progress measure; 60 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.12
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.08
2024/25; 244 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
-0.02
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 60 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Mayhill Junior School a good school?

It is about average. Mayhill Junior School scores 56 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 63% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 36 to 74, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Mayhill Junior School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Mayhill Junior School not judged at its last full inspection on 14 January 2025.

How good are Mayhill Junior School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 63% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 15% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Mayhill Junior School have?

236 pupils aged 7 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 260 places, so it is 91% full.

Is Mayhill Junior School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 45 places were empty in 2024/25 (16% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Mayhill Junior School?

Pupils were in school 96.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 7% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Mayhill Junior School?

The average class had 29.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 38% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
The Bury, Odiham, Hook, RG29 1NB
Telephone
01256 702973
Website
www.mayhill.hants.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Sarah McGillivray
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 7-11
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Hampshire
Ward
Odiham
Constituency
North East Hampshire
Setting
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
116075 · LAESTAB 8502383 · UKPRN 10079079

Where these figures come from