Garden Suburb Junior School

Garden Suburb Junior School remains a good educational institution, providing an effective learning environment for its pupils. The school is commendably supportive, fostering a strong community connection, which parents greatly appreciate. Leaders exhibit clear ambition for pupil achievement across a diverse curriculum while also ensuring emotional and academic support for all, including those with special educational needs. The school is praised for its welcoming atmosphere, where pupils can thrive in both academic and extracurricular pursuits, particularly in sports and reading.

Strengths

• Pupils learn effectively in a welcoming environment
• Strong leadership that understands community needs
• Broad and challenging curriculum designed for effective knowledge acquisition
• Effective phonics program that supports early reading
• Pupils engage enthusiastically with reading and recommend books
• Well-behaved pupils who display respect in discussions
• Strong systems to support pupils with additional learning needs
• Valuable opportunities for pupils to explore diverse cultural perspectives

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders are still developing the necessary expertise
• Inconsistency in support from subject leaders affecting curriculum delivery

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Garden Suburb Junior School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Garden Suburb Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Garden Suburb Junior School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.3% of pupils at Garden Suburb Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Garden Suburb Junior School received £8,564 and spent £8,453 for each of its 315 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £213,000 (-£676 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Garden Suburb Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Garden Suburb Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

When was Garden Suburb Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Garden Suburb Junior School was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does Garden Suburb Junior School have?

Garden Suburb Junior School has 315 pupils on roll.

What age range does Garden Suburb Junior School cover?

Garden Suburb Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Garden Suburb Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Garden Suburb Junior School?

Garden Suburb Junior School is at Childs Way, Garden Suburb Junior School, Childs Way, London, NW11 6XU.