Patcham Junior School

Patcham Junior School is performing well, maintaining the good standards established in prior inspections. The school environment is welcoming and nurturing, with strong relationships between students and staff that foster a sense of pride and belonging among pupils. The commitment to ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive the support they need contributes to their overall happiness and safety. While the curriculum is ambitious and well-structured in many areas, some subjects require further refinement to enhance connections in learning over time.

Strengths

• Strong pastoral care and support for all pupils.
• High levels of engagement in reading with a diverse range of texts.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, including therapeutic care.
• Pupils participate enthusiastically in after-school clubs and educational visits.
• A culture of high expectations from staff and positive behaviors among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum development in a few subjects is not yet fully established.
• Teachers struggle to link new learning effectively to prior knowledge in some areas.

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 Patcham Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Patcham 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 Patcham Junior School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% 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, 17.3% of pupils at Patcham Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Patcham Junior School received £6,102 and spent £6,042 for each of its 353 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£22 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 Patcham Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Patcham Junior School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Patcham Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Patcham Junior School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Patcham Junior School have?

Patcham Junior School has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does Patcham Junior School cover?

Patcham Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Patcham Junior School?

Patcham Junior School is at Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8TA.