Sefton Park Junior School

Sefton Park Junior School continues to demonstrate good performance, characterized by a positive environment where pupils feel happy and safe. The school's leaders emphasize inclusivity and have established strong relationships among staff and students, fostering a caring community. Although the school provides rich extracurricular experiences and has a well-sequenced curriculum, there is a concern regarding some pupils' retention of subject knowledge and attendance issues that need addressing. The support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is a notable strength, showing the school's commitment to ensuring every child is valued and able to thrive.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
• Strong relationships among pupils and staff.
• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.
• Inclusive support for pupils with SEND.
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum.
• Rich array of extracurricular activities available.
• Strong safeguarding culture in the school.
• Strong community involvement and support.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not retain key subject knowledge.
• Attendance for some pupils is lower than required.

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 Sefton Park Junior School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Sefton Park 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 Sefton Park Junior School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.5% 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, 26.8% of pupils at Sefton Park Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% 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.

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What is Sefton Park Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sefton Park Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Sefton Park Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sefton Park Junior School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Sefton Park Junior School have?

Sefton Park Junior School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sefton Park Junior School cover?

Sefton Park Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sefton Park Junior School?

Sefton Park Junior School is at Ashley Down Road, Ashley Down, Bristol, BS7 9BJ.