Deansbrook Junior School

Deansbrook Junior School is performing at a good level across all key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school has fostered a welcoming environment where positive relationships and individual care for students are paramount. The curriculum is well-structured and ambitious, with a focus on supporting all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring they achieve good outcomes. However, there are some inconsistencies in phonics teaching that need to be addressed to enhance reading fluency for all students.

Strengths

• Welcoming environment with positive relationships between adults and pupils
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum across a broad range of subjects
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and those who speak English as an additional language
• Strong emphasis on reading, with high-quality texts used daily
• Committed and knowledgeable local governing body
• Robust safeguarding practices in place

Areas for Improvement

• Occasional inconsistencies in phonics teaching affecting reading fluency

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 Deansbrook Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Deansbrook 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 Deansbrook Junior School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.2% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Deansbrook Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% 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 Deansbrook Junior School received £8,751 and spent £8,531 for each of its 258 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £356,000 (£1,380 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Aim Academies Trust, income was £8,683 and spending £8,497 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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Deansbrook Junior School is part of Aim Academies Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• London Academy Edgware
• One Degree Academy Enfield
• AIM Academy North London London

What is Deansbrook Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Deansbrook Junior School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Deansbrook Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Deansbrook Junior School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Deansbrook Junior School have?

Deansbrook Junior School has 253 pupils on roll.

What age range does Deansbrook Junior School cover?

Deansbrook Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 95% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Deansbrook Junior School?

Deansbrook Junior School is at Hale Drive, Mill Hill, London, NW7 3ED.