Drapers' Brookside Junior School

Drapers’ Brookside Junior School continues to demonstrate a good level of performance, with pupils expressing happiness and safety in their learning environment. The school offers a broad and rich curriculum, ensuring that students are well-prepared for their transition to secondary education. The staff's supportive relationships with pupils and their understanding of individual needs are notable strengths, contributing to a cohesive community where learning is prioritized. However, recent challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have led leaders to focus on resilience and mental well-being, indicating a commitment to addressing gaps caused by the disruption.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe at school.
• Staff foster supportive relationships with pupils.
• A broad and rich curriculum is provided for all pupils.
• Leaders are ambitious and prioritize reading across the curriculum.
• Special educational needs are well understood and supported.
• Teachers receive training and support to enhance their expertise.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teaching does not effectively check pupils' understanding, leading to misconceptions.

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 Drapers' Brookside Junior School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.5% 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, 4.2% of pupils at Drapers' Brookside 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 Drapers' Brookside Junior School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.4% 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, 20.1% of pupils at Drapers' Brookside Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 2021–22 Drapers' Brookside Junior School received £13,241 and spent £13,447 for each of its 237 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £307,000 (£1,294 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,728 and spending £8,213 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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Drapers' Brookside Junior School is part of Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Drapers' Brookside Infant School Romford
• Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School Romford
• Drapers' Academy Romford
• Drapers' Maylands Primary School Romford

What is Drapers' Brookside Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Drapers' Brookside Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Drapers' Brookside Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Drapers' Brookside Junior School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Drapers' Brookside Junior School have?

Drapers' Brookside Junior School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Drapers' Brookside Junior School cover?

Drapers' Brookside Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Drapers' Brookside Junior School?

Drapers' Brookside Junior School is at Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex, RM3 9DJ.