Broadfield Primary Academy

Broadfield Primary Academy continues to uphold the strong standards established in its previous inspection, demonstrating effective leadership under the headteacher, Sian Markham. The school promotes a safe and vibrant learning environment where pupils express confidence and pride in their values and achievements. Emphasizing an ambitious curriculum, staff have high expectations for pupil behavior and academic performance, ensuring pupils feel supported and engaged. Noteworthy strengths include the school's commitment to personal development and support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who achieve well due to effective interventions. Although the school has made considerable progress, it faces challenges in ensuring all pupils secure foundational knowledge before advancing, particularly in aspects of writing. Addressing these inconsistencies will be key in maintaining the school's positive trajectory.

Strengths

• Pupils are safe and happy in a vibrant school environment.
• Strong emphasis on personal development prepares pupils for future stages.
• High expectations for pupil behavior lead to calm and purposeful lessons.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, enabling them to achieve well.
• Ambitious curriculum with clear knowledge and skill progression.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in addressing gaps in writing curriculum, particularly spelling and punctuation.
• Some systems to check pupils' knowledge are not used effectively, leading to gaps before new content is introduced.

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 Broadfield Primary Academy attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Broadfield Primary Academy 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 Broadfield Primary Academy had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 18.9% of pupils at Broadfield Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Broadfield Primary Academy received £7,186 and spent £7,231 for each of its 475 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £213,000 (£449 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of The Kemnal Academies Trust, income was £8,501 and spending £8,452 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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All schools in Crawley · West Sussex local authority: places and applications

Broadfield Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, which runs 45 schools. The nearest others:

• Thomas Bennett Community College Crawley
• Seymour Primary School Crawley
• Hilltop Primary School Crawley
• The Oaks Primary School & Nursery Crawley
• The Bewbush Academy Crawley
• The Mill Primary Academy Crawley
• Weyfield Primary Academy Guildford
• Gray's Farm Primary Academy Orpington
• Kemnal Technology College Sidcup
• Orchards Academy Swanley

What is Broadfield Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadfield Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Broadfield Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadfield Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Broadfield Primary Academy have?

Broadfield Primary Academy has 502 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadfield Primary Academy cover?

Broadfield Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Broadfield Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broadfield Primary Academy?

Broadfield Primary Academy is at Vulcan Close, Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 9PD.