Belvedere Junior School

Belvedere Junior School has effectively maintained the high standards established during its previous inspection, showcasing a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe. The school's leadership and staff demonstrate high expectations which encourage students to excel academically and in their personal development, reflected in their improving outcomes at key stage 2. Parental engagement is particularly strong, with many families appreciating the school's commitment to building community links and offering support to students and their families.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe in a nurturing environment.
• Staff have high expectations of pupils, and they meet these expectations.
• The school has a well-designed global citizenship program that enhances students' experiences.
• There is strong collaboration between staff and the infant school, boosting morale.
• The curriculum is ambitious and tailored to represent the school's diversity.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong focus on promoting a love of reading throughout the curriculum.
• High-quality pastoral support for students and families.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding carefully, leading to underadapted teaching methods.

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 Belvedere Junior School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.2% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Belvedere 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 Belvedere Junior School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Belvedere 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 2024–25 Belvedere Junior School received £7,231 and spent £6,935 for each of its 337 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £135,000 (£399 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of The Pioneer Academy, income was £7,355 and spending £7,206 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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Belvedere Junior School is part of The Pioneer Academy, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Belvedere Infant School Belvedere
• Chatsworth Infant School Sidcup
• Burnt Oak Junior School Sidcup
• Red Hill Primary School Chislehurst
• Southborough Primary School Bromley
• Shoreham Village School Sevenoaks
• Stewart Fleming Primary School London
• Halstead Community Primary School Sevenoaks
• Downe Primary School Orpington
• South Norwood Primary London

What is Belvedere Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Belvedere Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Belvedere Junior School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Belvedere Junior School have?

Belvedere Junior School has 326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Belvedere Junior School cover?

Belvedere Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Belvedere Junior School?

Belvedere Junior School is at Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA.