Burnt Oak Junior School

Burnt Oak Junior School continues to excel as an outstanding institution, demonstrating a strong commitment to high educational standards and pupil well-being. With an ethos centered around respect and kindness, students feel happy and secure, which fosters an effective learning environment. The dedicated leadership team has ensured that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve exceptionally well across a rich and ambitious curriculum. The school's latest inspection, which was the first since 2018, confirms its ongoing success since being last graded outstanding.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well across the curriculum.
• The school has a strong culture of respect among pupils.
• Staff provide a welcoming and inclusive environment.
• The curriculum is engaging and well-matched to pupil needs.
• Teachers effectively adapt lessons for pupils with SEND.
• There is a strong focus on developing a love for reading.
• Pupils enjoy a variety of extracurricular activities.
• The school promotes emotional and physical well-being effectively.

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 Burnt Oak Junior School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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 Burnt Oak 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 Burnt Oak Junior School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.0% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Burnt Oak Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.8% 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 Burnt Oak Junior School received £7,035 and spent £6,790 for each of its 245 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £98,000 (£400 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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Burnt Oak Junior School is part of The Pioneer Academy, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Burnt Oak Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burnt Oak Junior School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Burnt Oak Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burnt Oak Junior School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Burnt Oak Junior School have?

Burnt Oak Junior School has 245 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burnt Oak Junior School cover?

Burnt Oak Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

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

Where is Burnt Oak Junior School?

Burnt Oak Junior School is at Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9DA.