Saracens Broadfields

Broadfields Primary School continues to perform well following its previous 'good' judgment. The school fosters a nurturing and inclusive environment that emphasizes strong pastoral care and pupil engagement. Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm for learning, and there is a positive school culture supported by the community and parents. The curriculum is ambitious, and there is a notable emphasis on personal development, broad extracurricular offerings, and good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school has effectively maintained its high standards, indicating resilience in its educational approach.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and are enthusiastic about school.
• Strong pastoral care that is highly regarded by parents and carers.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum that builds on pupils' previous knowledge.
• Excellent support for pupils with SEND, fostering inclusion and independence.
• Culture of reading is strong, encouraging a love for reading among pupils.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and effective assessment practices.

Areas for Improvement

• High expectations for writing are not consistently applied across all subjects, impacting some pupils' achievement.

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 Saracens Broadfields attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Saracens Broadfields 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 Saracens Broadfields had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.9% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Saracens Broadfields were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 13.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 44 pupils and resourced provision with 42 pupils.

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 Saracens Broadfields received £10,185 and spent £10,509 for each of its 672 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,195,000 (£1,778 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Saracens Education, income was £9,898 and spending £10,014 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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Saracens Broadfields is part of Saracens Education, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Saracens High School London
• Saracens Bell Lane London

What is Saracens Broadfields's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Saracens Broadfields is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Saracens Broadfields last inspected by Ofsted?

Saracens Broadfields was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Saracens Broadfields have?

Saracens Broadfields has 653 pupils on roll.

What age range does Saracens Broadfields cover?

Saracens Broadfields for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Saracens Broadfields's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Saracens Broadfields?

Saracens Broadfields is at Roseberry Drive, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 8JP.