Broadway Junior School

Broadway Junior School is recognized as a good school, demonstrating a positive learning environment where pupils express pride in their achievements. The leadership team, which includes a newly appointed headteacher, emphasizes high expectations for all students while also providing a broad and balanced curriculum that supports pupil growth. The inspection highlights the effective structures in place for reading and mathematics, enabling pupils to build their skills over time. Furthermore, the school fosters a supportive culture that engages students in various extracurricular activities and nurtures their social and emotional wellbeing. However, the report identifies some areas for improvement, particularly regarding phonics support for new students with gaps in knowledge and the clarity of support plans for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Addressing these concerns will be crucial for ensuring that all pupils, especially those needing additional support, can thrive in their education.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud to attend Broadway Junior School and share their achievements.
• Leaders and staff have high ambitions and expectations for all pupils.
• The curriculum is broad and balanced, allowing pupils to build knowledge over time.
• The reading curriculum is carefully structured, supporting fluency and comprehension.
• Leaders and staff provide nurturing support throughout the school day.
• Pupils have various opportunities to participate in after-school and lunchtime clubs.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective and ensure pupils feel safe.

Areas for Improvement

• New pupils with gaps in phonics knowledge do not receive timely support.
• Support plans for some pupils with SEND lack clear and purposeful targets.

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 Broadway Junior School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.4% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Broadway Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Broadway Junior School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 24.7% of pupils at Broadway Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 Broadway Junior School received £8,149 and spent £8,075 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £142,000 (£623 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 Broadway Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadway Junior School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Broadway Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadway Junior School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Broadway Junior School have?

Broadway Junior School has 227 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadway Junior School cover?

Broadway Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broadway Junior School?

Broadway Junior School is at Springwell Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR4 8NW.