Bromley Heath Junior School

Bromley Heath Junior School is a happy, inclusive and high-performing junior school where pupils achieve well and are extremely positive about their school. Inspectors found warm and nurturing relationships, exceptional behaviour, and outstanding personal development and leadership. Pupils benefit from a broad range of sports, drama and music opportunities, strong pastoral support, and an ambitious curriculum. The school is especially effective in reading, support for pupils with SEND, staff training, and governance. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is assessment. Checks on what pupils know and remember are not implemented consistently across all subjects, and some pupils struggle to recall essential knowledge, which can hamper their progress. The school has correctly identified this and needs to embed its assessment systems securely so pupils know and remember more. Published 2024 Year 6 writing at greater depth was lower than hoped, but leaders acted swiftly and current pupils’ writing shows improved vocabulary, coherence and confidence. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2015, following a period of exemption as an outstanding school. It is a maintained junior school for pupils aged 7 to 11, with 240 pupils on roll. Under arrangements introduced in September 2024, no overall effectiveness grade was awarded, but the school remains strong across behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, with quality of education judged good.

Strengths

• Warm and nurturing relationships between staff and pupils
• Exceptional pupil behaviour and kindness in lessons and social times
• Outstanding wider development through sports, drama and music
• Strong pastoral support for pupils and families
• Ambitious curriculum that identifies essential knowledge, skills and vocabulary
• Skilled reading teaching with early support for pupils at risk of falling behind
• Strong SEND identification and adaptation so pupils access the same curriculum
• High-quality staff training, coaching and mentoring
• Effective governance with visible and accountable governors
• Pupils take on meaningful roles and responsibilities
• Pupils learn to be thoughtful, caring citizens who respect diversity

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment checks on what pupils know and remember are not consistently implemented across all subjects
• Some pupils struggle to recall essential knowledge they have previously learned, which can hamper progress

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 Bromley Heath Junior School attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.5% 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 Bromley Heath 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 Bromley Heath Junior School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.9% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Bromley Heath Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Bromley Heath Junior School received £6,200 and spent £6,193 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £211,000 (£885 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 Bromley Heath Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bromley Heath Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Bromley Heath Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bromley Heath Junior School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Bromley Heath Junior School have?

Bromley Heath Junior School has 238 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bromley Heath Junior School cover?

Bromley Heath Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bromley Heath Junior School?

Bromley Heath Junior School is at Quakers Road, Downend, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 6NJ.