Shipton Bellinger Primary School
General Information
- Address: 3 Parkhouse Road, Shipton Bellinger, Tidworth, SP9 7TW – View on map
- Phone: 01980843369
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Bev Seed
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 19 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 10 of the 19 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Test Valley average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 54.4% a year (Test Valley 20%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Hampshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 15 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 16 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Hampshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Test Valley average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 47% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 47%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 58% · Writing 75% · Maths 58% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- Based on: 24 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 32nd of 39 junior and primary schools in the area
- #31Anton Junior School52%
- =32Romsey Primary School & Nursery50%
- =32Shipton Bellinger Primary School50%
- =32Vigo Primary School50%
- #35Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield Church of England Primary School48%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,168 (2024-25)
7th of 33 primary schools in Test Valley for spending per pupil
- #5Wallop Primary School£8,248
- #6King's Somborne Church of England Primary School£8,193
- #7Shipton Bellinger Primary School£8,168
- #8Barton Stacey Church of England Primary School£8,010
- #9Longparish Church of England Primary School£7,872
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