Henleaze Junior School

Henleaze Junior School currently requires improvement, having shifted from an outstanding rating in the previous inspection conducted over a decade ago. While the personal development of pupils is strong and they exhibit good behaviour, the overall quality of education is lacking ambition and consistency. The effectiveness of the curriculum is particularly weak, with insufficient checks on its implementation, leading to varied depth of learning among students. The school has recently joined Cathedral Schools Trust, and this context may influence ongoing improvements.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on personal development and character building.
• Pupils behave well and respect one another.
• Effective safeguarding measures in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum lacks ambition and is not implemented consistently.
• Pupils do not learn as well as they should due to low expectations.
• Reading curriculum is disjointed and lacks a coherent selection of texts.
• Some staff lack the necessary subject knowledge to effectively teach the curriculum.
• Provision for pupils with SEND needs precise improvement.

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 Henleaze Junior School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.5% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Henleaze 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 Henleaze Junior School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.9% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Henleaze Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 2024–25 Henleaze Junior School received £6,862 and spent £7,140 for each of its 317 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £353,000 (£1,112 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Amplify Education, income was £8,102 and spending £8,050 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Henleaze Junior School is part of Amplify Education, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Henleaze Infant School Bristol
• Filton Avenue Primary School Bristol
• Little Mead Primary Academy Bristol
• Orchard School Bristol Bristol
• Fonthill Primary Academy Bristol
• St Werburgh's Primary School Bristol
• Trinity Academy Bristol
• Stoke Park Primary School Bristol
• Henbury Court Primary Academy Bristol
• Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol

What is Henleaze Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Henleaze Junior School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Henleaze Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Henleaze Junior School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Henleaze Junior School have?

Henleaze Junior School has 299 pupils on roll.

What age range does Henleaze Junior School cover?

Henleaze Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Henleaze Junior School?

Henleaze Junior School is at Park Grove, Henleaze, Bristol, BS9 4LG.